News

Actions

Suspicious packages sent to Sen. Cory Booker, James Clapper

Posted at 8:22 AM, Oct 26, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-26 10:22:23-04
Clapper bomb
A photo of the suspicious package addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper found at mail facility on 52nd Street in Midtown, Manhattan. / CBS News

Authorities recovered suspicious packages sent to Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and James Clapper, the director of national intelligence under President Obama.

The packages appeared to be similar to 10 others sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Trump.

The package sent to Booker was found in Florida, the FBI said on Twitter on Friday morning. Sources told CBS News that the package sent to Clapper was found at a postal facility in New York City.

The New York package was addressed to “James Robert Clapper Time Warner (CNN),” according to a photo of the package obtained by CBS New York station WCBS-TV. On Wednesday, a bomb sent to CNN’s offices in New York’s Time Warner Center prompted an evacuation of the building.

CBS New York station WCBS-TV obtained a photo of the suspicious package addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The package was intended to be sent to CNN’s offices at New York’s Time Warner Center.

Since leaving the government, Clapper has worked for CNN as a contributor.