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So, this might be out of place considering the recent discussions, but in speaking with experts on the topics, it would seem that Tom and Eric's approach to the DNA - which is Ancestry DNA - will not result in a last name for Cooper. Rather, the hope is to catch all the DNA profiles found in Tom's MVAC and see if there are "clusters" of similar DNA which might result in a "Cooper profile". The problem with that approach is that you cannot use forensic genetic genealogy. Forensic genetic genealogy which entered the mainstream with the arrest of the Golden State Killer and has gone on to be used to solve dozens, if not hundreds, of cold cases, needs no more than TWO genetic profiles. It is impossible to proceed with genetic genealogy with three or more profiles. With Tom and Eric's effort, the best you can do is hope to isolate Cooper's profile and then test other samples against it to confirm or eliminate suspects. For us to give a name to Cooper using DNA, we must test material that gives us two or fewer profiles. The tie, obviously, is not that artifact. Perhaps, the best hope to identifying Cooper is testing material which we KNOW was touched only by Cooper or is only from Cooper. I can think of only two: the shroud lines from the cut-up chute and the missing hair slide.

Agreed with Wendy. Often it has to do with what dealer is around at your dz.

It's very regional; I don't know the overall numbers, but I do know that people often buy what their friends like for containers. Wendy P.

I guess I'm thinking more immediately. It is certainly possible that technology will advance enough to distinguish multiple SNP profiles in order to do FGG. However, any material used by Tom and Eric would be destroyed and unavailable for further analysis. So, I'm not dismissing their efforts, just pointing out that as of right now, it will not give us DB Cooper's identity.

Nope. Wokeness is being alert to injustice in society. America is exceptional not because we didn't have injustice in our society (we did) but because we consistently work to reduce injustice in our society. At least most Americans do. And the reason they work to reduce injustice is because they are woke to that injustice. Martin Luther King was woke to injustice - so much so that an anti-woke nut killed him. Abraham Lincoln was woke to injustice, and was willing to take the country to war against itself to correct it. Harvey Milk was woke to injustice, and again was killed for his efforts. Pretty sure all of them considered America to be pretty exceptional. Nope. Wokeness is being alert to injustice in society. That injustice has included, at times, prohibiting black people and women from voting, which makes it less of a democracy. But like I said above - the woke have been fixing that for the past 160 years. Congratulations! You got one right! Black people HAVE suffered from systemic racism (which is basically the same as institutional racism.) This is seen today in the rejection of resumes and school applications from candidates with "black names" and/or pictures of them showing their race. But - again see above - we are getting better. Wow you got TWO right! Yes, far more white people experience privilege than black people. Congratulations for being woke! Nope. Wokeness is being alert to injustice in society. A few people think that means we should give money to black people to "fix" former injustices. They are vastly in the minority. Exactly. Banning black children from white schools is a good example there, and was a former example of injustice in society. The people who fought to end that were woke. Nope. Wokeness is being alert to injustice in society. There certainly been cases of police targeting black people. But fortunately, the cops who do that are, more and more often, going to jail, and the incidence of that is going down. The prosecutors who prosecute bad cops are a great example of woke. Nope. Wokeness is being alert to injustice in society. What you call someone is a different topic. If you start to discriminate against trans people, THEN being woke comes into play. Of course it is. But that's not being woke; that's simple common sense. Capitalism is certainly the most flawed economic system out there - with the exception of every other system that's been tried. Thank you, though, for giving a somewhat more coherent word salad than the anti-woke author did above. However, all the salad in the world won't redefine the word for you. Words mean things.

That is because you are laser focused on your anger over the feeling that someone may get something you don’t feel they necessarily deserve. And are completely unwilling to acknowledge the advantages you have and did nothing to deserve. It is an egregious form of entitlement.

Probably resulted in more ketchup on the walls at Mar-a-Lago:

Bank robberies don’t get nearly that amount of money. Bank robbers have to be very quick about it. They can usually only get what the tellers have. $200k in 71 was 1.4 million today. You’d never get that by running into a bank. For reference, McNally told me that he had been casing a Brinks truck route in Detroit at the time of the Cooper hijacking. When he saw the amount of money Cooper got then he shifted his focus to a hijacking.