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Suspected ricin-laced mail sent to U.S. defense secretary

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Suspected ricin-laced mail sent to U.S. defense secretaryThe Pentagon said on Tuesday that it had received mail suspected of containing the deadly poison ricin, including an envelope that a U.S. official said was addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. The Pentagon said in a statement that it had put its mail facility under quarantine and that the FBI was analyzing the envelopes. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the envelopes initially tested positive for ricin after being detected by Pentagon police on Monday at a mail sorting facility on the Pentagon compound but not in the main building.