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I had heard that it was the Columbians, branching out from the cocaine business with those fancy new copy machines, which are supposed to be able to duplicate the blue & red threads in US currency paper. JMR

I've not heard anything about this. Any sources?

Sorry, just my vague memory of a Miami Herald article from a while back. Perhaps someone else on the list is more familiar with good copy-machines. Around here, the Columbian cartels are depicted as very, powerful, with easy payoffs to the highest levels of their country's political and judicial systems, and access to technology such as Motorola's encrypted walkie-talkie (supposedly a restricted-sale item). Of course, US politicians are completely immune to bribes from drug cartels. <g> JMR -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh iQCVAwUBMEuHYG1lp8bpvW01AQFTFwP+NhvKkGzuoXVOkd8oKWxFwQm4LvG+DL08 L6i/oXJVq2+AMApc12TS4VT7AS5UKfPp7Gu2pLKt6/G4m6KqLeN8vi31+ssOEBZs PJhCV/GdXBwXCvHM+oklQI4Tref5zzs0Wu+ai2pE3tCt+sVL4t9SeFexhexbjwn3 H6cnT/g79Qs= =NP8N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs. -- Dave Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP key Fingerprint 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 Key id. # E9BD6D35 James M. Ray <liberty@gate.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support Phil! email zldf@clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf ________________________________________________________________________