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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 24
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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
O TEREIN In UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 10-26-2010 BY 60322 UC/LP/SSTE/EM
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ne diets of Sen, Edward
oe , plaff Were ‘hospitalized:
ese de : a employee opened
ae ‘ ef pvelope containing
= Ge i one of dozens of
imi} t aathrar ‘scares across the:
t Ae Sptidnist working: I » in. Ken
j neds’ ie ice ‘on the 24th floor of the.
| nea F. Kennedy Building on Cam-
Pde Street: opened a plain white
, envelope and ‘spilled some white
'powdér«The envelope had no return
address arid included‘a letter but no
iOnéain* ‘Kenhedy’s: office read it be-
\Cduse- they all':fled! the building, a
sgource said. The, envelope was sent
‘to the FBI 3‘ fy
" ‘Initial tests on the’ ‘powder showed
no traces of- anthraxtbut ‘more test-
ing was being done last night. The 12 °
employées ‘wére.. decontaminated.
but none were treated: or. tested for
| the deadly bacteria, officials said.
Aftér an‘anthrax-laden letter wasr-
E ‘sent to Sen. Yon masta s office in.
wane nme Ae
‘ton office but stoppéd:-yesterday’
-across the city yesterday that -had.
a
ir Mare ih
j Star las RAL
Washington this week, all senators
— including Kennedy —-. stopped’ ace |
cepting mail at the-Capjtol. Kennedy |
continued to accept mail at his Bos- |
after the scare.
‘'m concerned about the inci-
dent,” Kennedy: said. “Obviously, !
I’m‘very concerned about the safety
‘of all the members-of iny staff, and |
anyone else in the building ' who: may |
possibly have been exposed.”
He added that emergency precau- |
tions put in place after the Daschle’
incident-were followed. i
The scare was one of dozens,
emergency workers. and hazardous:
materials crews working nonstop.!
The incidents come-a-day after au-!
thorities called’for new-laws and-vi-
gilant prosecution that could land.
bioterror jokesters in‘jail.
Officials say- so. far,-there: shave |
been no:confirmed anthrax mailings |
in New England since dozens were|
exposed:to:the agent'in’ Florida, New!
‘York and‘Washingtoii,.D.C. - J
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