Gee, they went after my state senator on 9/11. Now they are hoaxing my favorite US senator.

An anthrax hoax at Sen. John Cornyn’s office left aides stuck in their offices for about 45 minutes at lunchtime Thursday, after an intern opened an envelope containing a small amount of powder.

Tests quickly determined that it wasn’t dangerous.

“There was a small amount of powder. It was nothing hazardous. Hazmat has given the all clear,” said Capitol police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. “There was also a note indicating that there was anthrax.”

“It had gone through our mail system. It had been irradiated,” she said. That procedure was implemented after unsolved attacks on two Senate offices in fall 2001.

False alarms and scares are not uncommon at the Capitol. No one was evacuated, though everyone in the vicinity was asked to remain in place, presumably to avoid the spread of any potential contaminant. Access to part of Mr. Cornyn’s office suite was blocked pending the outcome of the tests.
“One of our interns opened a suspicious envelope. Capitol police responded.

Everyone is working as usual. I’m not evacuated. Sitting at my desk,” said Cornyn press secretary Brian Walsh before the all-clear was issued. “The system for screening mail, since the anthrax, is very vigorous.”

Such jokes are sick.