[was prominent news in today's Financial Times Germany; dm+] http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_045214322.html
Feb 14, 2007 8:41 pm US/Central Postal Inspectors Offer Reward For Pipe Bomb Info Get breaking news alerts (AP) KANSAS CITY, Mo. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering up to $100,000 as a reward for information about two explosive devices mailed to companies in Chicago and Kansas City. "We are just seeking to utilize all the resources we have, including the American public," Rich Sheehan, national spokesman for U.S Postal Inspection Service, said Wednesday. One package arrived Jan. 31 at American Century Investments' midtown Kansas City mail facility. A day later, a similar explosive was found at a business in a 65-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago. In a news release Tuesday, the Postal Inspection Service said the person suspected of sending the explosive packages has at times identified himself as "The Bishop." The agency said the suspect may be linked to other threatening letters received by various financial institutions during the past 18 months. "The letters were similar themed, threatening actions against the recipient if he failed to move specific stocks to predetermined price targets," the release said. "The letters also contained references to heaven, hell and the number '666."' The description was similar to that offered in a report last week from a corporate counterterrorism expert. Fred Burton, vice president of counterterrorism for Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based security and intelligence firm, wrote that the packages containing the explosives carried the same return address in Streamwood, Ill., and were postmarked Jan. 26 from Rolling Meadows, Ill. Burton wrote the Chicago package initially was sent to the Janus Capital Group in Denver, but was rerouted to a sister company -- Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and Co. -- apparently because the return address was from the Chicago area. (Š 2007 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ) +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
