Sen. Carl Levin
put out a statement minutes ago saying that the suspicious letter sent to his
Lansing office did not contain deadly ricin. Here’s what he said:
“I have been
advised by the FBI that preliminary testing by the Michigan Department of
Community Health, Micro-Biology Laboratory in Lansing showed negative results
in the suspicious letter received by my Saginaw office.  The office is
open as usual this morning.  I want to express my appreciation to the
local, state and federal authorities who responded to this incident so quickly
and professionally.”