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| A suspicious package allegedly addressed to the former head of National Intelligence, James Clapper, has been intercepted in Manhattan, prompting the closure of several streets in New York City. | A suspicious package allegedly addressed to the former head of National Intelligence, James Clapper, has been intercepted in Manhattan, prompting the closure of several streets in New York City. |
| The package was found in Midtown Manhattan. Following its discovery, police cordoned off 8th Avenue between West 42nd Street and 56th Street, as well as West 51st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. | The package was found in Midtown Manhattan. Following its discovery, police cordoned off 8th Avenue between West 42nd Street and 56th Street, as well as West 51st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. |
| The parcel was allegedly addressed to Clapper, MCNBC reported. According to some other reports citing FBI, another suspicious package found at a mail sorting facility in the New York City was addressed to CNN. | The parcel was allegedly addressed to Clapper, MCNBC reported. According to some other reports citing FBI, another suspicious package found at a mail sorting facility in the New York City was addressed to CNN. |
| It is, however, unclear, whether the reports refer to one and the same parcel that is addressed both to Clapper and the news network. | It is, however, unclear, whether the reports refer to one and the same parcel that is addressed both to Clapper and the news network. |
| READ MORE: FBI confirms suspicious package addressed to Senator Booker has been recovered in Florida | READ MORE: FBI confirms suspicious package addressed to Senator Booker has been recovered in Florida |
| A CNN office located in the Time Warner Center in New York has already been targeted in a series of mail bombing attacks, in which pipe bombs were also sent to a number of the US officials and politicians, including former president Barack Obama, the Clintons, congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Maxine Waters, as well as former vice-president Joe Biden. | A CNN office located in the Time Warner Center in New York has already been targeted in a series of mail bombing attacks, in which pipe bombs were also sent to a number of the US officials and politicians, including former president Barack Obama, the Clintons, congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Maxine Waters, as well as former vice-president Joe Biden. |
| The Democrats were quick to blame US President Donald Trump for inciting the incidents, as almost all of the people targeted in the attacks were vocal critics of the current administration and are on the president’s unofficial ‘enemies list,’ regularly coming in for criticism at rallies and on Twitter. | The Democrats were quick to blame US President Donald Trump for inciting the incidents, as almost all of the people targeted in the attacks were vocal critics of the current administration and are on the president’s unofficial ‘enemies list,’ regularly coming in for criticism at rallies and on Twitter. |
| Meanwhile, MCNBC once again stirred up Russophobic sentiment by claiming that the mail bombing attacks might have been a “Russian operation.” | Meanwhile, MCNBC once again stirred up Russophobic sentiment by claiming that the mail bombing attacks might have been a “Russian operation.” |
| Police are still looking for the perpetrators behind the attacks. No official information about any suspects in the case has been released so far. | Police are still looking for the perpetrators behind the attacks. No official information about any suspects in the case has been released so far. |
| Earlier on Friday, another suspicious package addressed to Senator Cory Booker was found in Florida. The FBI has confirmed that the package is similar in appearance to a series of suspicious packages mailed to top Democratic and left-wing figures over the past two days. | |
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