# White House Ricin Powder. Here's An Image Of The Original Letter & Envelope. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890 "2004-02-24T14:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/1 "2004-02-24T14:37:05Z")
[HERE’S what it looks like.](http://www.fbi.gov/ricin/envelopeletter.htm) [And HERE’S the FBI press release.](http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel04/ricin022304.htm) The letter was mailed from Chattanooga. That’s about 100 miles from casa Di’Chi. I’ve probably passed this guy, or his trucks, on I-24. Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/2 "2004-02-24T14:57:11Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > The letter was mailed from Chattanooga. That’s about 100 miles from casa Di’Chi. > > I’ve probably passed this guy, or his trucks, on I-24. Creepy. [Monty Python’s ‘Four Yorkshiremen’ sketch mode] Ha! You think that’s close? I worked just a few hundred yards from the building in Florida that got the first anthrax letters! And I worked in that building with the guy who was voluntarily eaten by the German cannibal Armin M! [/MPFYSM] OK, I’m done with “Who’s closer to tragedy competition” crap. Sorry. But how bizarre is it that the ricin letter was about federal regulations concerning truck drivers’ “hours of service”. Not the most expected terrorist cause. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/3 "2004-02-24T15:02:34Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [Monty Python’s ‘Four Yorkshiremen’ sketch mode] > Ha! You think that’s close? I worked just a few hundred yards from the building in Florida that got the first anthrax letters! > > And I worked in that building with the guy who was voluntarily eaten by the German cannibal Armin M! > [/MPFYSM] Name dropper! 😛😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/4 "2004-02-24T15:06:33Z")
Mrs. Moto used to be a vice-president of a trade group in the DC area that represented a part of the trucking industry. She left them two years ago. We’re both worried about the friends we still have working there. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/5 "2004-02-24T18:34:26Z")
Is it just me, or does that writing look kinda like the ones on the anthrax letters too? (which I’m sure has already been argued over by plenty of FBI experts) WE HAVE THIS RICIN /obvious ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-ricin-powder-heres-an-image-of-the-original-letter-envelope/230890/6 "2004-02-24T19:12:31Z")
Since we’re about fighting ignorance, this is one of the most informative links [regarding ricin](http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/ricin/ricin.html) I’ve read to date. Education is the first tool against terrorism.