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<br /> 12J 6/02 TAU 15: 7 FAX 541 682 6838 EUGENE AIRPORT PW ADMIN I~]001 <br /> LCD..-CO-G~017G .444 ~~rJrJ2rJ~2 P.01/el <br /> FBI PRES5 RELEASE <br /> Portland Field Office <br /> I • 1500 SW FiratAv~e., Suite 400 • Portland, OR 97201 • www.tbi.gov <br /> For Imm iate Release <br /> Date: Decem er 26, 2002 <br /> Contact: Beth Anne Steele <br /> (503 552-5238 <br /> USPICIOUS ENVELOPE 1'ROVE5 TO BE A MISTAKE <br /> A sus icious envelope found at the Eugcnc Airport early this morning has proved to be a <br /> case of mis en identity. The FBI tirat<sported the letter to the Oregon Public Health lab for <br /> examination. hat examination shorRred there was ao threat. <br /> The c elope was from an out-of-state hospital, and it contained written material from the <br /> Cet~ter3 For isease Cotrtrol concerning smallpox. Additional material in the envelope <br /> contained ho pital procedures for triage and responding to patients with smallpox symptoms. <br /> There was n threat, only the word "smallpox" on the outside ofthe envelope. On-scene threat <br /> analysis sho ed that the envelope posed no credible threat. The letter was taken to the lab as part <br /> of normal ' stigative procedures. <br /> Altho gh this case did not involve either a real threat or a hoax, it is important for the <br /> public to kno that the FBI has strict guidelines in such cases. Hoaxes are invest1gated and <br /> prosecuted i the same manner as real threats, A person who threatens use of a weapon of mass <br /> destruction, ca as a hoax, faces up to life in prison -the same potential sentence as a person <br /> who actually see a weapon of mass destruction. <br /> Norm 1 operations are continuing. at the Eugene Airport. <br /> Post-it' Fax Note 7g7t Date ~ ~P Pa98s~ <br /> To . From <br /> CoJDep~ Co. <br /> Phone # Phone # <br /> Fax # Fax # <br /> <br />