Viewfinder: Bomb Threats Reach Midtown Manhattan

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Oct 25, 2018

A New York Bomb Squad officer walks out of the Time Warner Building in Manhattan, New York, on October 24th, 2018, after a suspected explosive device was delivered to CNN's New York bureau. The bomb was addressed to John Brennan, President Barack Obama's former Central Intelligence Agency director and a critic of President Donald Trump. Bombs were also sent to Obama and other prominent Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, and George Soros. — A New York Bomb Squad officer walks out of the Time Warner Building in Manhattan, New York, on October 24th, 2018, after a suspected explosive device was delivered to CNN's New York bureau. The bomb was addressed to John Brennan, President Barack Obama's former Central Intelligence Agency director and a critic of President Donald Trump. Bombs were also sent to Obama and other prominent Democrats like Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, and George Soros.
(Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

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