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Tracfones as Terrorist Tools?
On the ball employees in Walmart and Target on at least two separate occasions have called police.
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.
The Midland, Texas, police report dated December 18 and obtained by ABC News states: “Information obtained by MPD [Midland Police Department] dispatch personnel indicated that approximately six individuals of Middle-Eastern origin were attempting to purchase an unusually large quantity of tracfones (disposable cell phones with prepaid minutes attached).” At least one of the suspects was identified as being from Iraq and another from Pakistan, officials said.
“Upon the arrival of officers, suspects were observed moving away from the registers — appearing to evade detection while ridding themselves of the merchandise.”
Was this just a case of paranoia? Maybe not.
“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 Metroplex.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin says “we are all homeland security agents.” And several others are connecting the timing of this with the NYT lead of NSA wiretaps.
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Disposable Cellphones - The Next Threat?
In any event, we’re relying upon store clerks to use common sense to wonder why someone is purchasing large quantities of disposable cellphones. That’s a worrisome proposition.
Trackback by A Blog For All — January 13, 2006 @ 4:15 pm
I would rather depend on a commonsense elderly woman at the cash register at Wal-Mart, than some Govt empoyees.
Our gramma working part-time will at leasdt have some memory of when things like this were important before.
In days gone by, people actually considered themselves responsible for their country, and believed that every pair of eyes, and every pair of ears were worth something.
They also believed that we all had certain responsibilities to NOT blab certain things, and NOT tell some information. Those people know the difference between a whistleblower and a TRAITOR.
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Comment by FLORA — January 14, 2006 @ 5:46 pm