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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (12526)	1/3/2002 11:31:34 PM
From: Runner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27754

You wonder about how good Americas' security is? Today a letter or package was opened up in the Capitol on site office of Sen. Dachles. Now whether you like the Senator or not I found it pathetic it got there. Loaded with a "powdery substance". After all the Capital has gone, and is going through a letter/package is sent from London to Washington with a threatening letter and powder and is opened in the Senate office. Hoax or not, who is guarding the store? The Foxes?

To: calgal who wrote (12526)	1/4/2002 9:17:23 AM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 27754

OT- Remember that Woody Allen movie where he tried to rob a bank and the teller couldn't understand his hold up note? msnbc.com Man's bad handwriting foil first holdup attempt NBC 6/AP HALLANDALE BEACH, Jan. 3- Never underestimate the importance of good handwriting. Police say a bank robber's badly written note sabotaged his first robbery attempt Monday in Hallandale Beach. That forced the panicked man to instead hit another bank across the street minutes later. It all started when the man entered a Bank United location and handed the teller a scrawled note. The teller was unable to decipher the man's bad combination of English and Spanish. Though she could make out phrases about 'giving money' and 'no alarm tricks,' she played dumb. Andrew Casper of the Hallandale Beach Police reported: "Apparently, she gave the suspect the impression that she didn't understand part of the note, and then she asked the suspect if he wanted a withdrawal slip." She handed the man a slip, and then slipped away from the counter to trip a silent alarm. The misunderstanding caused a commotion, and appearing not to understand any English, the man hurriedly left the bank with no money. Ten minutes later the man robbed a SouthTrust Bank across the street, using the same tactics with a more legible note. The suspect is described as a white male, 40-50 years old, between 180-200 pounds, and between 5'8 and 5'10. He was wearing a blue cap, and a blue sweatshirt.