17 April 2013 (21:08 UTC-07 Tango 16 April 2013)/06 Jumada t-Tania 1434/28 Farvardin 1391/08 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

U.S. Senator from Mississippi, Roger Wicker, was sent a poison letter.  It was discovered in a mail center in Washington DC.  A lab in Maryland confirmed it contained deadly ricin.

The mail center has been screening letters and packages for poison ever since the 2001 anthrax attacks.  The letter had a Tennessee postmark, but no return address.

Senate officials do not think it’s connected to the Boston Bombings.

Senator Wicker was one of 16 Republican senators who voted to to end a filibuster against an anti-gun bill, this after he said “I have never voted for gun control and will not do so….I will filibuster.”

There are reports that other poisoned letters were sent, including a letter to President Obama.