Cat hair helps to catch would be Barack Obama assassin, authorities say

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A tiny cat hair helped to identify the women behind a plot to kill Barack Obama, according to legal documents filed in a Texas court.

Julia Poff stands accused of posting explosives to the then president, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Maryland’s Social Security Administrator Carolyn Colvin last October.

While the packaged intended for Mr Obama was intercepted, Mr Abbott did open the one that was sent to him but it failed to explode.

[link:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cat-hair-barack-obama-explosive-device-post-julia-poff-sealy-texas-court-documents-houston-a8075091.html|

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1. Unusual female would-be assassin.

From Houston Chronicle:

Julia Poff was indicted in federal court this month for a trio of 2016 mail bombs, including a botched explosive stuffed in a cigarette pack that failed to detonate when the governor opened it.

The 46-year-old was "upset with Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, because she had not received support from her ex-husband," according to federal court documents.

Using a salad dressing cap from a bottle purchased for an anniversary dinner, Poff allegedly cobbled together an explosive with black powder and pyrotechnic powder, then slipped it in the mail to governor. When Abbott opened the package in early October 2016, it didn't blow up because he didn't open it as designed.

"Had the device exploded, it could have caused severe burns and death," according to court documents."

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Waller-County-woman-accused-of-mailing-bombs-to-12380370.php

Her package to Obama never got close, of course, and was opened professionally.

Governor Abbott is an intensely corrupt politician, governor because of the mutually beneficial relationship he's developed with the Kochs, and they may run him for president before long. But I'm glad he didn't open his the "right" way. The Kochs would just replace him with another of their agents, and if Texans want to get rid of their Koch-reps there is of course a right way.

As for Poff, good riddance into the prison system. After reading some of her history I'd bet good money she, like Trump, suffers from a diagnosable personality disorder.

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2. She's a crazy cat lady?