About Ricin

The FBI said Wednesday that letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator contained the poison ricin and notes saying, "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance. I am KC and I approve this

The ricin scare in Washington after suspicious packages arrived at the White House and some Congressional offices – including a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker (R, Mississippi) that tested positive for ricin – raises

"To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." So read the letters that touched off a poison scare across Washington after the contents of the envelopes discovered at off-site White House

Staffers at a number of local Senate offices around the country reported receiving suspicious mail on Wednesday, shortly after letters testing positive for the powerful poison ricin were intercepted before reaching the Capitol