Note to Bomber: You don't need a $6.00 Wal-Mart clock on a mail bomb

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35. Maybe you don't remember, but a number of years ago they put limits

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on the size of packages that could be dropped in the mail with stamps affixed (not processed at the desk), which was supposed to help reduce the chance of bombs going through the mail.

There goes that theory.

On update: the newscasters on CNN were clearly shaken by the explosive-containing package, and the message sent to all the workers at CNN. As Cuomo said, "It was someone who wanted us to know: I can reach out and touch you if I want to."

And now, tonight, the President is blaming the media for making people mad at them.

https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2007/html/pb22218/kit1_014.html

13-ounce Mail: A Reminder for Postal Service Employees

All mail that weighs over 13 ounces and that uses only postage stamps as postage (this includes pre-paid Priority Mail Flat-Rate Boxes and Envelopes) must be presented to an employee at a retail service counter at a Post Office. This is part of ongoing security measures established by the Postal Service, in cooperation with other government agencies, to keep the public, customers, employees, and the mail safe.

Customers may use a convenient online postage appli­cation or generate postage on an Automated Postal Center® (APC®) if they wish to mail items that weigh more than 13 ounces. Online postage applications include the Postal Service’s Click-N-Ship service available at www.usps.com and PC Postage from an authorized USPS postage vendor. Customers may deposit items with online and electronic postage in Postal Service collection boxes or Post Office lobby mail slots, or give them to their USPS letter carrier. Alternate places customers can mail items are at contract postal units and USPS Approved Shipper loca­tions.

Customers who are unable to use one of the above methods to prepare and affix postage must present items weighing more than 13 ounces to a Postal Service employee at a Post Office retail service counter. Business customers who use postage meters may continue to use meter postage for packages of any weight and mailing method.

Decals have been placed on USPS collection boxes to indicate that deposit of stamped mail over 13 ounces is prohibited in collection boxes and any such mail will be returned to sender.