Capitol Jitters
I figured the gas-mask brigade was just another sign of a jittery nation, another false anthrax scare. I dialed my lunch dates on my cell phone and one of them confirmed that hunch: the congressional Sergeant at Arms had issued new guidelines for handling suspicious mail. A Gephardt aide found something that fit the bill–a letter with a handwritten address, an international postmark and no return address. The Capitol police arrived and placed the office in “lockdown....