Police are investigating letters that arrived Thursday at Capitol Hill offices containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the claim “We Did It.”
The manila envelopes contained a photo of a man standing in front of the recruiting station, according to a Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is under investigation. The photo was the kind commonly sent as a holiday greeting card.
The message on the card: “Happy New Year, We Did It.” The envelope also contained a packet of about 10 sheets of paper that seemed to be a political manifesto railing against the Iraq war, and a booklet. The aide didn’t know what the booklet was.
Postal inspectors were at the Capitol investigating the letters alongside Capitol Police, U.S. Postal Inspection Service spokesman Douglas Bem said. He had no details about the letters’ content.
A second law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing, confirmed some of their contents as described by the Democratic aide.
The man in the photo was thin and white with graying hair, wearing a striped flannel shirt and jeans, according to the Democratic aide.
The small bomb caused minor damage to the New York military recruiting station before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
The blast left a gaping hole in the front window and shattered a glass door, twisting and blackening its metal frame. No one was hurt, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the device, though unsophisticated, could have caused “injury and even death.”
WASHINGTON — Online. View video and a slide show from Times Square blast.
