US PIPE BOMB SUSPECT HAD HIT LIST OF TARGETS

MIAMI— The man suspected of sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and other opponents of President Donald Trump kept a list of elected officials and others who investigators believe were intended targets, an official told the Associated Press (AP) on Monday.

Similar packages

The disclosure came as 56year-old Cesar Sayoc made his initial court appearance in Miami federal court on Monday, saying little but tearing up, and after bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta about a suspicious mailing to CNN similar to the pipe bomb packages recovered in the case last week.

The official said authorities had recovered soldering equipment, a printer and stamps similar to those used on the package bombs in the investigation into Sayoc, who was arrested last week in Florida.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said via its Twitter account that the recovered package in Atlanta was “similar in appearance” to the bubblewrapped manila envelopes authorities said were sent by Sayoc to intended targets from Delaware to California, including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden.

CNN president Jeff Zucker says all mail to CNN has been screened offsite since last week, when a series of package bombs began appearing around the country. Among them were two apparent mail bombs sent to CNN.

NYTeditor on list

The New York Times said in a staff memo on Monday that it had notified the FBI that one of its editors was on a list of potential targets of the mailbomb suspect.

Later that day, an envelope addressed to the editor raised concerns, but New York police determined that it was a false alarm. The editor was not identified.