1.   American intelligence officials say they have no evidence linking al-Qaida and the anthrax letters.

2.   And Woolsey argued that it was unlikely a homegrown terrorist was behind the anthrax letters, adding that the coincidence was too strong.

3.   At The New York Times, which had an anthrax letter scare on Friday, we had a risk-assessment meeting.

4.   Authorities concluded that the letter to Leahy was written by the same person who sent an anthrax letter to Daschle, NBC News and The New York Post.

5.   Contrary to earlier press reports, there was no bentonite in the anthrax letters, Parker said.

6.   For example, FBI lab analysts matched the serrated ends of the strips of cellophane tape used to seal the anthrax letters.

7.   He added that there a number of ongoing investigations involving state inmates who are suspected of mailing anthrax hoax letters to court officials.

8.   Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Tuesday that anthrax letters discovered in the future will prompt a new investigative response that will include postal facilities.

9.   In addition, the department will release the envelope used to mail another anthrax letter to the New York Post.

10.   Most importantly, investigators have concluded that the same person wrote the three known anthrax letters to The New York Post, NBC and Daschle, D-S.D.