Going Postal (Was: Boom!)

[David.K.Merriman at toad.com]

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To: cypherpunks at toad.com
Date: Fri Aug 09 10:12:37 1996
> The Post Office has now jumped on the terrorist bandwagon by 
> announcing that it will no longer be legal to drop any package
> weighing over 16 ounces into a collection box. 
> 

...

> 
> I suspect one could do a lot of damage to a mailbox with under 16
> ounces of the proper explosive.  Perhaps one of our resident
> Cypherpunks bomb experts could expand on this subject.

Don't know that I'm a 'bomb expert', but it would appear reasonable that 6 
just-under-a-pound bombs would do approximately as much damage as a 
similarly sized larger device.

Even if the 6 devices got scattered to two or more aircraft, the terror 
factor would be significant

Dave Merriman

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