Mardi Gra Cash Card

WSJ 4-12-06 reports that England's "Mardi Gra" bomber is demanding of Barclays "access to the bank's cash reserves through the use of a special cash card, although details could not be confirmed." Police are communicating with the bomber through cryptic notices in personal columns of newspapers, the latest stating: "MARDI GRA We are ready to help and give value. Contact us on the verification number." Barclays says 25 bombs have been sent to its branches. The bomber -- who has been compared to America's Unabomber -- may be a former employee among those 18,500 laid off during the past 5 years, or a small businessman with a grudge. [Or ...]