Packages with explosive material sent to military installations in DC area

Multiple suspicious packages containing explosive material were sent to at least three military installations in the Washington, D.C. area, a senior defense official told Fox News Monday.

Officials told Fox 5 DC a suspicious package was received at the National Defense University on Fort McNair in Southwest Washington D.C. at around 8:30 a.m. The building was evacuated and an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from Fort Belvoir, Va. examined the package, which tested positive for black powder and residue.

An X-ray of the package indicated a suspected GPS and an expedient fuse were attached, Army officials said. The package later was rendered safe.

At approximately 11 a.m., Naval Support Facility Dahlgren in King George County, Va. also received a suspicious package that was found to be safe, officials said.

Later in the day, officials at Fort Belvoir said they had also received a suspicious package, but it was rendered safe.

"The FBI responded to multiple government facilities today for the reports of suspicious packages. Each package was collected for further analysis by the FBI," said Nicole Schwab, a spokesperson for the FBI Washington Field Office.

Fox News has learned that the packages were being examined at the FBI's field office in Quantico, Va.

Here we go again......

Wonder if it's an Austin Bomber copycat?

STK wrote:

Wonder if it's an Austin Bomber copycat?

Seems likely to me. I wonder if this one's going to be as successful.

It must be a 2nd amendment right to make IEDs?

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A 43-year-old Everett man has been arrested after he allegedly sent suspicious packages containing potentially destructive devices to multiple military installations in the Washington, D.C. region, the FBI says.

FBI officials said the packages were sent to Fort Belvoir in Virginia; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington D.C.; the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia; and the CIA in Langley, Virginia. The packages were received on Monday.

It's possible that additional packages were mailed to additional mail processing facilities in the D.C. metropolitan area, officials said.

The suspect was arrested at his Everett residence on Monday. Emily Langlie of the U.S. Attorney's Office said he will appear in U.S. District Court in Seattle at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

The U.S. law enforcement official says the packages contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly before an official announcement.

Authorities said the man was previously known to law enforcement.
No injuries were reported, and the FBI said each package was collected for further analysis at the FBI Laboratory at Quantico, Virginia.

The man's motive was not immediately clear.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

The U.S. law enforcement official says the packages contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past. 

Sounds like he might have been psychotic.

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

The U.S. law enforcement official says the packages contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past. 

Sounds like he might have been psychotic.

I'm still trying to find out what other "rambling, nonsensical notes" he had sent previously and to whom.

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

The U.S. law enforcement official says the packages contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past. 

Sounds like he might have been psychotic.

I'm still trying to find out what other "rambling, nonsensical notes" he had sent previously and to whom.

Seems like information that the police are going to withhold, unfortunately.

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

The U.S. law enforcement official says the packages contained black powder along with rambling, nonsensical notes similar to those the man has been known to send in the past. 

Sounds like he might have been psychotic.

I'm still trying to find out what other "rambling, nonsensical notes" he had sent previously and to whom.

Seems like information that the police are going to withhold, unfortunately.

Most likely, unless I can dig something up.