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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Those little colored stickers on mail
Message-ID: <874@mako.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 02:31:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: mako.874
Posted: Mon Jul 29 02:31:32 1985
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References: <151@brl-tgr.ARPA> <2466@ut-sally.UUCP>
Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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In article <2466@ut-sally.UUCP> crandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell) writes:
>> Those little stickers of various colors, shapes, and imprints that the
>> USPS plasters on your junk mail and magazines always seemed pretty
>> bizarre to me.
>
>They are indeed.
>
>Those are actually micro-miniature UHF radio transmitters, and they're
>used as bugging devices.  They are planted there by the CIA.

I thought EVERYONE knew that!  How d'ya think the word got out so quickly
about the Kate Bush explosion?  (See net.rumor)  She was delivering mail
at the time!
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