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Letter to Reid on healthcare from former Surgeon General Koop shuts Senate

A letter about healthcare reform to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop triggered a security scare that briefly shut down much of the Senate on Wednesday.

Koop wrote Reid a typed letter, tucked inside a hand-written business envelope, that appeared in Reid’s office without postage and without going through a security screening process. A Senate postal clerk noticed the envelope and alerted a Reid staffer, who in turn notified Capitol Police about 2 p.m.

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