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January 13, 2006

Prepaid Phones, Mr. Bin Laden?

 

 

Hear ye, hear ye.

 

ABC News is championing a new headline full of intrigue and wonder: Surge in Sale of Disposable Cell Phones May Have Terror Link.

 

Ya think? That and an illegal drug-and-every-other-organized-crime link.

 

But doesn’t this seem as though it should be common sense?

 

It was about this time two years ago I was at a phone store in Dallas and commented to a friend that this could be a bad idea unless we force potential terrorists and criminals to get lobotomies.

 

 

And speak of the Devil:

 

The Midland, Texas, arrest report police also identified the individuals [all six arrested after buying 60 of these pre-paid phones at a local Wal-Mart] as linked to a terror cell:

 

"Evasive responses provided by the subjects, coupled with actions observed by officers at the onset of the contact prompted the notification of local FBI officials to assist in the investigation," the report said. "Upon the arrival of special agents, and as a result of subsequent interviews, it was discovered that members of the group were linked to suspected terrorist cells stationed within the [Dallas - Ft. Worth] Metroplex.

 

Fast forwarding a couple of years later, ABC splashes the above quote and, by the way, that Pakistani and other foreign nationals (not to mention I’m sure MS-13 and other gang members) may be using these phones to undesirable ends.

 

The report also mentions that in one instance over 100 phones were sold to someone in a single purchase at a Target store in California on New Year’s Eve.

 

But anticipating this wasn’t rocket science; especially after similar widespread purchases of pre-paid phones took place in Madrid just prior to the terrorist attack there:

 

The story quotes Roger Entner who is a communications consultant, "The application of prepaid phones for nefarious reasons, is really widespread. For example, the terrorists in Madrid used prepaid phones to detonate the bombs in the subway trains that killed more than 200 people".

 

Still, ABC News has arrived on its shiny pony to show us what we who are in flyover country had long ago observed as a possible risk.

 

I only hope the FBI et al surreptitiously watch such things long before ABC News and the rest of MSM notice. At least I sleep better hoping they do.

 

Posted by Martin at January 13, 2006 09:01 AM

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