Large candy purchases investigated by FBI

Bergen NJ Record ^ | October 20, 2001 | MITCHEL MADDUX and PETER POCHNA

[Sabertooth]

Click the link for info on:

Smallpox threat potential
to Halloween candy

[Le-Roy]

Thank you very much for your efforts, and sharing the benefits of your learning. I have already seen the other thread, it was a good decision on your part.

I have been away from FR most of the day (business and family), but am still currently trying to substantiate the other story of the candy bought and then returned to a Sam's Club.

Again, thank you for taking the time to alert others of this possibility.

[editor-surveyor]

"After they left they found out their Costco i.d was fake"

Here's the real deal:

It's impossible to make a purchase at a Costco store without a VALID, non-expired, member number.
The computer will kick back the number if it is not valid.

[SunnyUsa]

The real deal.....

you are so right!

They would've had to filled out another COSCO ID

I know this happened to me when mine was expired and they made me go over to the membership desk to get a new one before they'd complete the transaction.

There was NO buying it with CASH ~pass/go~ card!

[spycatcher]

Anyone who can get a forged passport can get a Costco ID under someone else's name. I'm sure they don't have CIA level security there. But who knows, maybe that part of the story is just a rumor. Nothing official was released on the means or amount of purchase. Probably third hand from a clerk who overheard the info.

[Terriergal]

This is along the lines of something I was thinking. How hard would it be for a terrorist to get a job at say, Hershey's chocolate plant and sprinkle a little anthrax on the bars just before they get wrapped? A much more sinister version of the cyanide in tylenol and razor blades in chocolate bars...?

[Terriergal]

I've been wondering when food contamination was coming ...looks like it is already being attempted.

Yeah. And what about that story about the mean Israelis that accidentally killed a 12 yr old girl in their strikes against the palestinians? Monsters.

We all know that honorable terrorists like the Arabs wouldn't target innocent children.

/sarcasm

[editor-surveyor]

" I'm sure they don't have CIA level security there."

They have something much better, they have CREDIT BUREAUS, and membership requirements with regard to type of employment that makes one elligible. - Stolen cards are voided immediately upon notification, and police are called when attempts are made to use stolen IDs. - They even have reserved police only parking stalls at the door.

[spycatcher]

Maybe Costco should run the INS, since they always know the actual identity and status of every person within their borders! I guess they must use real-time face recognition with eye scanning and voice pattern identification.