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A suspicious device found at CNN in New York per msnbc (Original Post) spanone Oct 2018 OP
From Jim Scuitto blogslut Oct 2018 #1
Thanks! spanone Oct 2018 #4
He and Poppy Harlow are reporting via cell from the street underpants Oct 2018 #16
Trump is in a height of glory since the hatred that he sowed is now being actualized. olegramps Oct 2018 #25
Bombs being found all over the place...thanks trump. brush Oct 2018 #2
This involves more than one person Pachamama Oct 2018 #3
Far too early to say that. A single person could assemble and send all of these. LonePirate Oct 2018 #8
Possibly... Pachamama Oct 2018 #17
Anything more you feel you can tell us would be interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #31
Don't have much more to add on this topic at this time - but I still stand by that its more than one Pachamama Oct 2018 #33
Simply telling us those things is helpful and reassuring. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #34
Fear is all they have malaise Oct 2018 #5
You can only incite people for so long until they act....we may have reached that point spanone Oct 2018 #6
Graduation from white powder to explosives. no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #7
Are we great again already? MontanaMama Oct 2018 #9
I bet Red Don will say there was a package sent to his golf course in 3 ... 2 ... uponit7771 Oct 2018 #10
All attention is not focused on don....he will lash out soon spanone Oct 2018 #11
I am afraid you are correct.... Pachamama Oct 2018 #18
Well, after all... sheshe2 Oct 2018 #12
I think he meant 'republicans create bombs' ??? spanone Oct 2018 #14
Yep. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #19
You would think TheFarseer Oct 2018 #13
Watching now. sheshe2 Oct 2018 #20
Uncharted Waters colsohlibgal Oct 2018 #15
Kick. demmiblue Oct 2018 #21
Trump will be remembered as the president who incited violence. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #22
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2018 #23
Update: package had metal and wires... brooklynite Oct 2018 #24
About 80 percent of the media are 'the enemy of the people,' Trump says Botany Oct 2018 #26
He has also called Obama and Clinton the "founders of ISIS" oberliner Oct 2018 #27
Trump has peddled hate and lies 24/7 and these bombs and terror threats are the result. Botany Oct 2018 #28
Trump--I hate him so much it is almost paralyzing. hostalover Oct 2018 #29
You left out the part about "hard at work making America great again". This is KPN Oct 2018 #30
AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK BY RIGHT WING REPUBLICANS TERRORIST W T F Oct 2018 #32

blogslut

(38,002 posts)
1. From Jim Scuitto
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:22 AM
Oct 2018




Jim Sciutto
?Verified account @jimsciutto

Breaking: CNN NY office evacuated. Police bomb squad is here. We’re told of explosive device received. @CNNnewsroom

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
25. Trump is in a height of glory since the hatred that he sowed is now being actualized.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 11:22 AM
Oct 2018

His only regret is that the bombs are being intercepted. He will only be satisfied when his crazed disciples start shooting anyone who dares to question his absolute authority. He is solely responsible for inciting violence and should be held accountable for having anyone who is attacked by his rabid followers.

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
8. Far too early to say that. A single person could assemble and send all of these.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:25 AM
Oct 2018

It’s very easy to send packages for simultaneous (?) delivery in east coast urban and suburban areas.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
17. Possibly...
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:43 AM
Oct 2018

But my sense is this still very well organized and timed and involves more than one person - possibly a small group of people, even if 2-3 who planned this out.

My dad was in criminal intelligence for over 35 years and without giving details, because his expertise was in terrorism and bombs, I had enough conversations with him over the decades in which he would discuss scenarios and methods, that my early sense based on this is that this involves more than one person.

You could be correct, a super organized brilliant person could have done this all on their own.

But if its a Trumphole, that alone disqualifies them as being brilliant....

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
31. Anything more you feel you can tell us would be interesting.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 01:18 PM
Oct 2018

I have on occasion mulled over how I might do something bad, and sometimes I'm astonished that real terrorists haven't thought about the things I've thought of. I am not the kind of person who would do those things, and they do involve getting ahold of devices I have no idea how to get ahold of, but would probably be easy to research. Which means I take comfort in the apparent incompetence and lack of imagination of the truly bad guys.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
33. Don't have much more to add on this topic at this time - but I still stand by that its more than one
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 01:42 PM
Oct 2018

I also agree with your taking comfort in the apparent incompetence and lack of imagination of the truly bad guys...

Sometimes however crazy bad guys can still cause damage and harm....in the US and the easy access of weapons makes that possible too...

One other area I got comfort from my father is on the possibility of "dirty bombs" being used....the reality is that handling the materials that would be used would likely kill the bad guys alone in their handling and they wouldn't be very successful, especially with all the radiation detection devices. Its fortunately not like the movies and tv shows describe when they show some terrorist plot involving a dirty bomb.

Poisons and radioactive poisoning (ala Russian style) is more likely and I am sure that the Secret Service and security details for all these people and news rooms are taking this very seriously.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
34. Simply telling us those things is helpful and reassuring.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 03:59 PM
Oct 2018

I have long thought that the hysterical fear of things like dirty bombs is overblown, but I am not any kind of expert.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
9. Are we great again already?
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:27 AM
Oct 2018

I've been joking but this is really frightening. Do we have an ATF and FBI that will do a real investigation into this?

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
15. Uncharted Waters
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:39 AM
Oct 2018

Wow.....thanks Orange Hitler. This kind of situation is not surprising, given that idiot spewing force his support for Gianforte body slamming a reporter, telling his crowd to go after reporters.

You would think this might scare a few more non rabid Trump supporters away.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
28. Trump has peddled hate and lies 24/7 and these bombs and terror threats are the result.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:12 PM
Oct 2018

About 80 percent of the media are ‘the enemy of the people,’ Trump says

"Lock her up." Trump on Hillary Clinton.

"He doesn't have a birth certificate, or if he does, there's something on that certificate that is very bad for him. Now, somebody told me -- and I have no idea if this is bad for him or not, but perhaps it would be -- that where it says 'religion,' it might have 'Muslim.' And if you're a Muslim, you don't change your religion, by the way."
- March 30, 2011, Trump on The Laura Ingraham Show


“George Soros is paying for the caravan.” D. Trump rough quote

KPN

(15,646 posts)
30. You left out the part about "hard at work making America great again". This is
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:47 PM
Oct 2018

how they do it. With violence using fear, terror and eradication as their tools.

Are you ready and willing to be eradicated?

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