Spokesman: No word that blast was 17 minutes away
The White House says it has no information that would confirm a French government report that one of two bombs mailed to the United States last week was defused just minutes before exploding.
French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux told state-run France-2 television that one of the packages was just 17 minutes away from exploding when investigators disarmed it. US investigators have also said they were unable to confirm the French report. (AP)
