US Rep: No Poison Food Plot at Army Base

COLUMBIA, S.C. - U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson says five Muslim soldiers removed from active duty at South Carolina's Fort Jackson were not involved in any plot to poison food at the base.

The South Carolina Republican said Sunday information he received as a member of the U.S. Armed Services Committee showed there was no evidence of an effort to poison food at the base.

Wilson says four of the soldiers were discharged from the Army for petty crimes and the fifth was returned to his National Guard unit in Virginia.

The five soldiers had been detained in December so the Army could investigate allegations that verbal threats were made involving food at the base.

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesman Chris Grey said Sunday the base's food was never in danger.