McCain, Crist Offices Receive Threat Letters With Powder

CENTENNIAL, Colorado — A threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in this south Denver suburb Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were immediately reported. A second letter sent to a McCain campaign office in New Hampshire initially was reported to contain threatening language and white powder. Authorities said that was a false alarm and there was no powder in that envelope. Authorities are also investigating a threatening letter sent to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist that contained a suspicious but nontoxic white powder. Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Heather Smith says the letter was intercepted Wednesday at the mail center at the state capitol. Smith says investigators believe the letter was unrelated to one containing powder that was received at a John McCain office in Colorado on Thursday. The letter sent to Crist was immediately sent to the Florida Department of Health for analysis, and preliminary ... (link)