CHICAGO (AP) — Two members of Congress from Illinois are asking for hearings into the shipping of bombs as air freight that were addressed to two Chicago synagogues.
Jan Schakowsky and Jesse Jackson Jr. ask that the U.S. Committee on Homeland Security hold public hearings on last month's attempted attack. The request, in a letter sent Monday, was addressed to committee chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection chairwoman Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas
Schakowsky and Jackson acknowledge the investigation into the attack will last for months, but say hearings should be held soon so inital findings can be shared with the public.
One bomb was discovered at a FedEx cargo facility in Dubai. The second, shipped by UPS, was intercepted in the United Kingdom.
The two packages contained an explosive packed into the printer toner cartridges.
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