Trick Letters to DHS and Maryland Officials Lampoon the National Security Craze

NBC reported today that matching letters were received by Janet Napolitano and Gov. O'Malley  and the Maryland Secretary of Transportation of :

Package addressed to homeland security chief ignites in D.C.

No one injured; mail similar to fiery parcels sent to Md. government buildings day earlier

"Mail addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a U.S. Postal Service facility in Washington, a day after suspicious letters "flared up" at state government buildings in neighboring Maryland, authorities said. 

and 

A worker ripped the pull tab on the first package, addressed in typeface to the recently re-elected governor [O'Malley of Maryland] and adorned with holiday stamps, in Annapolis where mail for O'Malley's office is routinely checked. The building is just blocks from the governor's office, which is inside the State House in the heart of the capital.

The message read: "Report suspicious activity! Total Bull----! You have created a self fulfilling prophecy.

Get the whole story at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40967486/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/