"Our screening process is working and we will keep you updated as we learn more. "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," Zucker wrote. On Monday, following the interception of the suspicious package in Atlanta, Zucker said the same protocol would have applied in that incident. This means that Friday's package "would NOT have come directly to the TWC, even if it hadn't been intercepted first," Zucker said in a Friday memo. Pipe bomb suspect Sayoc is due in court on Monday.Īs a result of Wednesday's package, all mail destined for CNN's US offices is now being screened first at off-site facilities. Updated 9:06PM Midtown FOX 5 Atlanta Peachtree Street at I-85 in Atlanta on April 7, 2023. There was no immediate word from authorities on Monday about whether the suspicious package in Atlanta is linked to last week's wave of mail bombs.Īmong the other recipients were former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US Attorney General Eric Holder, California Senator Kamala Harris, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and California Rep. It was found Friday morning at a post office six blocks away. The second package was addressed to both CNN contributor James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence, and CNN.
That package was addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, who actually works for NBC. It spurred a five and a half hour long evacuation of the building. ATLANTA - Authorities have cleared suspicious package that led to evacuations and the shutdown of parts of the Atlanta airport Friday morning. The first package arrived Wednesday morning in the mailroom at Time Warner Center, home to CNN's New York offices. ATLANTA, GA After months of baseless claims of voter fraud against Georgia's presidential election results, President Donald Trump's campaign voluntarily dismissed four separate lawsuits. The other two packages addressed to CNN were apparent mail bombs. This time, on Monday morning, the package was intercepted in.
The package appears identical to the other packages authorities say were sent by pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc, who was arrested on Friday. (CNN) - For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN. The Atlanta Police Department said Monday morning that they responded to a call at 9:38 AM about a suspicious package at a post office near the CNN Center.
"There is no imminent danger to the CNN Center." The package "was intercepted at an Atlanta post office," CNN President Jeff Zucker said in a memo to staffers. This time, on Monday morning, the package was intercepted in Atlanta, the home to CNN's worldwide headquarters. For the third time in a week, a suspicious package has been addressed to CNN.
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