Date:         Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:03:25 -0400
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Subject:      Re: Magnetic tape through the mail
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From: "Jeff Willens" <[log in to unmask]>
> Back in the day, studios wrapped the reels in aluminum foil when shipping
through the mail to prevent this from happening.  Seemed to work pretty
well.
>
But...I suspect when Airport Security, the FBI, the CIA and/or the
Department Of
Homeland Security (which would sound better, IMO, were it in
German!)...noticed
a package whose contents were totally opague on their scanners, the panic
button
would be the next step?!

Steven C. Barr