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Before the electronic age, the FBI, CIA and their predecessors would regularly do that. The skills needed to do so without detection might be rare these days (
by chiph 12y ago
Before the electronic age, the FBI, CIA and their predecessors would regularly do that. The skills needed to do so without detection might be rare these days (as people retire).
- maxxxxx 12y agoJust wait until some terrorists use only mail to prepare an attack. Then probably every piece of mail will be read to protect us.
- chiph 12y agoLike the anthrax that was sent through the mail starting about a week after 9/11? The attacks killed five people in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks
- maxxxxx 12y agoReading those letters wouldn't have prevented the attacks. I am talking about people avoiding E-mail or phone and exclusively using mail to coordinate attacks.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoReading those letters would have killed some postal workers instead of the intended targets.