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  2 packages with suspected ricin sent to Pentagon, Navy chief
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News DateTuesday, October 2, 2018 07:35:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAuthorities at a Pentagon mail screening facility found two envelopes suspected of containing ricin, a poison made from castor beans, and turned them over to the FBI for further analysis, authorities said Tuesday. Officials said they discovered the packages on Monday and neither of them entered the Pentagon.

One envelope was addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis, who is traveling in Europe this week, and the other to the Navy's top officer, Adm. John Richardson, a defense official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak publicly ahead of FBI release of its findings.

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