Letters Linked to NYC Bombing Claim 'We Did It'

As many as 10 Capitol Hill offices received letters today with a photo of a man standing in front of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was struck by a small bomb. A message with the photo reads, “Happy New Year, We Did It,” the AP reports, but it remains unclear who sent the letters. Also in the envelopes were an apparent manifesto against the Iraq war and an unidentified booklet, a Democratic aide says.

The man in the picture was thin, white, and wore a striped flannel shirt with jeans. Capitol police say the letters didn’t threaten lawmakers. This morning’s explosion at the New York City recruiting office shattered the entrance, but no one was injured. Authorities are looking for a hooded bicyclist seen on surveillance video. (More Times Square stories.)