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602Sounds to me like they have a security design problem at this airport. I accideSnowshoe-11/17/2001
601That looked, to me, more like deliberate retracement, going back over the letterIlaine-11/17/2001
600What do you make of the double legs on some of the capital As? That seemed straRocketMan-11/17/2001
599Yes, this won't be as easy as the missing key. I attended a seminar on docuIlaine-11/17/2001
598I have several HP LaserJets (4L, 4000, 3200), and have had other brands of printIlaine-11/17/2001
597I guess so, but it's not like the old murdery mystery movies with the proverJill-11/17/2001
596I agree they'd have a hard time tracing a LaserJet, but if they wanted to baIlaine-11/17/2001
595OK, I see your point about typewriters, but do computer printers really leave thPoet-11/17/2001
594I think the point about 60 is simply a cultural one, and a good one at that. ItJill-11/17/2001
593I guess I was going out on a limb there re: the sex angle (no pun intended). ;^)Ilaine-11/17/2001
592<i>But my guess is that the guy isn't, say, 60, or he wouldn't be RocketMan-11/17/2001
591At first I was leaning towards domestic terrorists, then foreign. Now I am maybRocketMan-11/17/2001
590Not odd at all that the letters were hand-written. The FBI can easily determineIlaine-11/17/2001
589It was an eye-opener to me that most (all?) of the supermarket tabloids are publIlaine-11/17/2001
588I think the anthrax perp has got to be well-educated and a sociopath, probably vPoet-11/17/2001
587Now <I>that</i> is spooky about Bob Anderson and his connection to aPoet-11/17/2001
586Well, you could also do a reverse and hypothesize that the perp is some kind of Ilaine-11/17/2001
585I think if bin Laden had enough money, he could maybe buy a nuclear bomb which wIlaine-11/17/2001
584You'd be a good detective. I think you were the first person I'd heard Poet-11/17/2001
583Your point about resources and personnel is (kinda) comforting. Wierdly, my graPoet-11/17/2001
582Senator Leahy is not only the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, he is also a libIlaine-11/17/2001
581>>"The device basically works when the detonated TNT compresses the PIlaine-11/17/2001
580I sort of have 2 reactions, besides laughing. 1) Well, they're getting paidJill-11/17/2001
579A piece from today's NYT about the anthrax letter situation, including some Poet-11/17/2001
578LOL And how about this guy <i>Two sky marshals -- one with a gun drawn --RocketMan-11/17/2001
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