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Man Admits Mailing Salt-Filled Anthrax-Scare Letters

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  • Matthew G. Unglesbee mailed four salt-filled letters to U.S. members of Congress, claiming the powder resembled anthrax.
  • The letters, dated Oct. 19, arrived Oct. 21-23 with notes reading “HA HA” or “HAH enjoy the gift.”
  • FBI interviewed Unglesbee on Oct. 25; he admitted sending the letters and a search found a fifth envelope for Washington.
  • Ohio Secretary Frank LaRose, Mississippi Secretary Michael Watson and the Wisconsin Elections Commission received intercepted nonhazardous envelopes.