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| Surge in disposable cell phones; ...related to terror? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2006, 05:58 PM (85 Views) | |
| The 89th Key | Jan 12 2006, 05:58 PM Post #1 |
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http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1499905 Good job New York Slimes!
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| George K | Jan 12 2006, 06:02 PM Post #2 |
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God forbid anyone listen in! |
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| George K | Jan 13 2006, 08:18 AM Post #3 |
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http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/print?id=1499905 Federal agents have launched an investigation into a surge in the purchase of large quantities of disposable cell phones by individuals from the Middle East and Pakistan, ABC News has learned. The phones -- which do not require purchasers to sign a contract or have a credit card -- have many legitimate uses, and are popular with people who have bad credit or for use as emergency phones tucked away in glove compartments or tackle boxes. But since they can be difficult or impossible to track, law enforcement officials say the phones are widely used by criminal gangs and terrorists. ...Law enforcement officials say the phones were used to detonate the bombs terrorists used in the Madrid train attacks in March 2004. ...The FBI is closely monitoring the potentially dangerous development, which came to light following recent large-quantity purchases in California and Texas, officials confirmed. In one New Year's Eve transaction at a Target store in Hemet, Calif., 150 disposable tracfones were purchased. Suspicious store employees notified police, who called in the FBI, law enforcement sources said. In an earlier incident, at a Wal-mart store in Midland, Texas, on December 18, six individuals attempted to buy about 60 of the phones until store clerks became suspicious and notified the police. A Wal-mart spokesperson confirmed the incident. ALL of these large sales came RIGHT AFTER the NYTIMES NSA leak (12/15/05). Though this is circumstantial, it is HIGHLY SUGGESTIVE that the leak alerted the sleeper cells HERE (and perhaps elsewhere), and that they are adapting their SOP's as a result; thus, they are making it tougher for us to prevent an attack. |
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