2 more suspicious packages sent to Cory Booker, James Clapper

Cory Booker.
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Two more suspicious packages surfaced Friday morning, one in Florida addressed to Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and one to former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, sent to CNN's New York address.

The FBI confirmed the Booker-directed package in a tweet, saying the new package was "similar in appearance" to others directed at former government officials and others over the past few days that have contained explosive devices. The package featured a Camden, New Jersey, address, reports NBC News, but may have ended up in Florida because of its return address — the other packages listed Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D-Fla.) Florida office as the sender.

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Clapper told CNN that "he and his wife had been away from home right now" and neighbors had been getting his mail on Friday. "This is definitely domestic terrorism," he said.

The wave of suspicious packages containing explosive devices began Monday when one showed up at the property of liberal billionaire George Soros. Packages have since been directed to Hillary Clinton, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), and Robert De Niro, among others. These two new discoveries bring the total number of packages up to 12.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.