Packages with deadly poison for Pentagon

In the mail room of the Pentagon, outside the main building of the department, two packets have been intercepted that presumably contain the deadly poison ricin.

Spokesperson Christopher Sherwood confirmed that the mail items were found during a screening and were intended for persons in the Pentagon. They did not mention their names. Mattis was not in the neighborhood. He visits Paris and Brussels. Sherwood said that the duty staff did not run any harm.