Cybersecurity & Tech

Was that a Throwbot Used in the Ricin Raid?

Benjamin Wittes
Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10:00 AM
The Daily Mail ran the following picture in this article about the raid on the home of alleged Ricin-mailer Kevin Curtis: Notice the device the guy on his knees is holding.

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The Daily Mail ran the following picture in this article about the raid on the home of alleged Ricin-mailer Kevin Curtis: Notice the device the guy on his knees is holding. I could be wrong about this, but it looks to me like the screen console of a ReconScout robot---the robot discussed (and played with) in this video interview I did recently with Andrew Borene. If anyone can verify whether the team that conducted this raid sent in one of the throwable robots discussed here, I'd be very interested in know.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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