White Powder Mailing Case Costing Millions To Investigate

DALLAS -- Federal authorities say they hope to solve the worst white power mailing case in U.S. history because the letters are tying up first responders and costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

Amanda McMurrey of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service says authorities believe the same person has sent nearly 400 letters containing non-toxic powder to locations across the country and abroad from Texas over the past four years.

She says officials have found similarities in the letters and the way they were mailed, but the suspect has proved elusive in part because no finger prints have been discovered.

So, harmless mayhem is wasting taxpayer dollars, while the US Postal Service itself can not survive without a payer support. Considering that the agency is as inefficient as they come and private market companies like UPS and FedEx actually have incentives to maintain efficiency and profitability? It's no surprise that someone has decided to help them waste more money than they could on their own, if anyone thought it possible. Maybe it's FedEx themselves?

McMurrey says while no one has been harmed, each incident diverts fire department personnel and resources.

Investigators say two suspicious letters reported Thursday aren't connected to the case.

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