“All mail, at all CNN domestic bureaus, is being screened at off-site facilities as of last Wednesday, so this package would NOT have come directly to the CNN Center, even if it hadn’t been intercepted first. “There is no imminent danger to the CNN Center,” Zucker said Monday morning in a message posted on Twitter. And Monday, the Atlanta package brought the total to 15. Then on Friday, the FBI said a 14th package was located, that one intended for billionaire and liberal activist Tom Steyer. Sayoc was charged in connection with 13 packages.Īfter a package intended for CNN’s New York newsroom was intercepted on Wednesday, the network increased its security in Atlanta. Maxine Waters, Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, billionaire George Soros and actor Robert De Niro, according to federal investigators. Last week, suspicious packages were mailed to CNN’s offices in New York, former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
But the agency offered few additional details after the Atlanta police bomb squad removed the package from the post office and took it to an undisclosed location for further inspection. The FBI used social media to confirm that the Atlanta package was similar to the others.
Monday, the package was located at the Central City post office on Pryor Street, just hours before Sayoc made his first court appearance since his Friday arrest. According to CNN President Jeff Zucker, all of the network’s mail is being screened off-site. The latest package, located at a downtown post office, was addressed to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters, the FBI said.
This time, a homemade explosive package was found in Atlanta, bringing the total to at least 15 allegedly mailed by the same man.Ĭesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., 56, is suspected of mailing the homemade explosive devices to politicians, Democratic supporters and media outlets. The alleged bomb-maker had been in federal prison four days, but his deadly plans continued to unfold Monday, according to investigators.
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