October 24, 2018

CMR 58-18

SECRET SERVICE STATEMENT REGARDING INTERCEPTION

OF SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted two suspicious packages addressed to Secret Service

protectees.

Late on October 23, 2018, the Secret Service recovered a single package addressed to Former First Lady Hillary

Clinton in Westchester County, New York. Early this morning, October 24, 2018, a second package addressed

to the residence of Former President Barack Obama was intercepted by Secret Service personnel in Washington,

DC.

The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive

devices and were appropriately handled as such. Both packages were intercepted prior to being delivered to

their intended location. The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.

The Secret Service has initiated a full scope criminal investigation that will leverage all available federal, state,

and local resources to determine the source of the packages and identify those responsible

https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/releases/2018/18-OCT/CMR_58_18_Secret_Service_Statement_Regarding_Interception_of_Suspicious_Packages.pdf