FAR?
>> IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY
CONFIRM THROUGH ONE OF MY
CONTACTS ARREST WAS AFFECTED IN
FLORIDA.
ONE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED TO ME
AS A MALE SUSPECT AND THAT THE
PLAN AT THAT TIME IS VERY FLUID.
IT WAS TO BRING THE SUSPECT TO
THE MAIN F.B.I. OFFICE IN MIAMI.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF RESET A
BIT BECAUSE LATE YESTERDAY WE
WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THROUGH
TWO SOURCES THAT BASED ON THE
POSTAL TRACKING AND POSTAL
MARKINGS ON SOME OF THE
PACKAGES THAT FLORIDA HAD BEEN
DESCRIBED TO US AS A REGION OF
INTEREST IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE
HAD FEDERAL AGENTS AS WELL AS
POSTAL INSPECTORS DESCENDING ON
A U.S. POSTAL FACILITY JUST
OUTSIDE OF ONE OF THE MIAMI
AIRPORTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DID A
SWEEP OF THAT POSTAL FACILITY
AS A PRECAUTIONARY PRESSURE AND
DID A REVIEW OF CCTV FOOTAGE
SPECIFICALLY ON THE
SELF-SERVICE MAIL KIOSKS INSIDE
THAT FACILITY.
AND ALSO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE
FROM THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT WHAT
WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY IN THE
LAST 72 HOURS IS THAT THERE IS
THIS WEALTH OF FORENSIC
EVIDENCE THAT WAS ALLOWING THE
INVESTIGATION TO MOVE QUICKLY
AND ALSO VERY AGGRESSIVELY.
WE WERE TOLD TODAY THAT THEY
HAD TAKEN THE STAMPS AS WELL AS
THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE
BOMBS TO THE QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
F.B.I. LABS AND LOOKING AT THE
STAMPS TO SEE IF THEY WERE
FINDING TRACES OF SALIVA AND
OTHER DNA AND THAT THE
INVESTIGATION HAD PROGRESSED TO
THE POINT THAT THE F.B.I. WAS
REACHING OUT TO RETAILERS.
THEY DIDN'T TELL US THE PART OF
THE COUNTRY, BUT TO RETAILERS
TO SEE IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY
THE POINTS OF SALE FOR
COMPONENTS OF THE BOMBS AS WELL
AS THE PACKAGES, BILL.
ALL OF THIS NOW COMING INTO
FOCUS THAT THE INVESTIGATION
WAS MOVING, AS WE SUSPECTED,
VERY CLEARLY AND QUICKLY BASED
ON THIS WEALTH OF FORENSIC
EVIDENCE AND NOW CONFIRMATION
FROM ONE OF MY CONTACTS THAT AN
ARREST WAS AFFECTED THIS
MORNING.
THAT ARREST WAS -- TOOK PLACE
IN FLORIDA AND THE SUSPECT WAS
IDENTIFIED TO ME AS A MALE
SUSPECT.
>> Bill: WE'RE LOOKING AT A
PICTURE FROM PLANTATION,
FLORIDA.
ARE YOU HEARING SOME OF THE
SUGGESTIONS FROM SOME REPORTING
COULD BE THAT THE PERSON WHO IS
SUSPICIOUS HERE COULD HAVE HAD
A GRIEVANCE WITH DEBBIE
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
THEY ALL APPEAR TO HAVE A
RETURN ADDRESS AT HER OFFICE.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN A CLEARANCE ON
THAT?
>> I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE ON
SOMETHING THAT SIGNIFICANT
OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN VERY
KEYED IN ON THE SIMILARITIES IN
THESE PACKAGES.
THE MANILA ENVELOPES, THE
INTERIOR BUBBLE WRAP, THE
EXCESSIVE POSTAGE, SIX AMERICAN
FLAG STAMPS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON
ALL OF THE DEVICES AND THE
PACKAGES THAT HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED.
SIMILARITIES WITH THE BOMB AND
THEN THIS RETURN ADDRESS TO
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ THAT
WAS MISSPELLED AND REMEMBER IN
THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS
INVESTIGATION, WE HAD THE
REPORTING THAT THE DEVICE SENT
TO THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
ERIC HOLDER, HIS OFFICE.
IT WAS RETURNED BECAUSE THE
ADDRESS WASN'T CORRECT AND
REROUTED TO DEBBIE WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ'S OFFICE, THE OFFICE
THAT WAS THE RETURN ADDRESS.
IF YOU REMEMBER MAYBE WE COULD
BRING UP ONE OF THE PHOTO
IMAGES OF THE DEVICES, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN SEE IT ALSO
USES THIS OVERLY LARGE BLOCK
BLACK PRINT.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS
THAT I'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE
SOURCES THAT THE LARGE BLACK
BLOCK PRINT ON ANY OF THESE
DEVICES OFTEN HAS AN EMBEDDED
CODING THAT CAN HELP
INVESTIGATORS, CAN'T SEE IT
WITH THE NAKED EYE BUT IT CAN
HELP THEM IDENTIFY THE PRINTER
LOTS THAT WERE LIKELY USED TO
PRINT THOSE LABELS AND YOU CAN
GET TO A POINT OF SALE OR PART