Man Dead, Large Amount Of Possible Cyanide Found
DENVER (CBS4) ― It has the makings of international intrigue. Less than two weeks before the Democratic National Convention a man has been found dead in a Denver hotel room with a container of what authorities initially suspect to be the deadly poison cyanide.
Adding to the intrigue is that the dead man, Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, appears to be from outside the U.S. No passport was found on Dirie, who is believed to have entered the country from Canada.
A large container of a white powdery substance was found in the man's room on the fourth floor of The Burnsley Hotel at 10th Avenue and Grant Street.
Tests are now being done by the Denver Police Crime Lab to determine exactly what the substance is. The tests could take days.
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The statement that he "appears to be from outside the US" is most likely ham-fisted TV-reporter lingo for "his probalby an Arab, but I can't say for sure, so I'll just say this".
But, if he has no passport, how do they know. Did they get his name from another form of ID that he had?
And, as far as the "powder" is concerned, how are authorities so certain it was cyanide?
How do they know he came in through Canada? Is there video surveillance of this? Did he leave some kind of trail? Was he photographed at all? Was it bread crums?
And, "appears to have died from something other than the substance"? Wow, this CBS guy is top-notch.
I mean, how fucking vague can you get.
This is how fear is generated through the media. They are so wrapped-up in this notion that any "powder" could be Anthrax, or Cyanide, or Ricin, that those words come spilling out of their mouths before there is any confirmation.
The shoddy reportage aside, be on the lookout for conservative bloggers and other right-wing media to spin this story into something that it is more than likely not.
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