http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/10/national/10CUST.html?searchpv=nytToday Customer Acts Odd? U.S. Wants to Know By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -— Federal agents are planning to fan out across the country this week in an effort to recruit American businesses in the war on terror, urging companies to notify the government of suspicious customers. Robert C. Bonner, commissioner of the Customs Service, said he had developed a list of about 100 items that the authorities believed terrorists wanted to buy in this country. Starting Monday, Mr. Bonner said, federal agents will visit the manufacturers, emphasize the need for vigilance and encourage them to inform the Customs Service at once if they are approached by anyone trying to buy these items for possibly illegal shipment abroad. The terrorists' shopping list, the Customs Service says, includes missiles, grenades, grenade launchers and other munitions; aircraft parts; computer encryption devices; and components of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, as well as items that might be used to manufacture or deliver such weapons. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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