From: "John Beamish" 

You've missed a couple of points


On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:45:36 -0400, Gary Britt  wrote:

> Yeah sure, it just so happens that the only people in the entire country
> who
> want to make a few bucks for college by buying 1000 cell phones are
> MUSLIM
> MIDDLE EASTERN MALES.  And then next I hear they have some bridges in
> Brooklyn for you to look at.
>
> GMAFB
>
> Gary
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.td806xwem6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> 1.  (And this doesn't surprise me a whit).
>> The "threat" of the plane bombers was trivial and came up because
>> somebody
>> needed aome visibility.
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14320452/
>>
>> Source: U.S., U.K. at odds over timing of arrests
>> British wanted to continue surveillance on terror suspects, official
>> says
>> NBC VIDEO
>>
>>
>> . Disagreement over terror arrests
>> Aug. 12: U.S. and British authorities disagreed on when to break up an
>> alleged plot to blow up airliners bound for the United States, officials
>> say. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
>>
>> By Aram Roston, Lisa Myers, and the NBC News Investigative Unit
>> NBC News
>> Updated: 8:13 p.m. ET Aug 12, 2006
>>
>> LONDON - NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a
>> significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the
>> alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United
>> States.
>>
>> A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British
>> police
>> were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week
>> to
>> try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to
>> arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity
>> due to the sensitivity of the case.
>>
>> In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was
>> not
>> imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets.
>> In fact, some did not even have passports.
>>
>>
>> 2.  (This explains the cell phones perfectly:  somebody wanted a quick
>> score -- the capitalist way)
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/12/AR2006081200
692.html
>>
>> 3 Texas Men Arraigned on Terror Charges
>>
>> The Associated Press
>> Saturday, August 12, 2006; 11:07 PM
>>
>> CARO, Mich. -- Three Texas men were arraigned Saturday on
>> terrorism-related charges after police found about 1,000 cell phones in
>> their minivan, and prosecutors say they believe the men were targeting a
>> bridge connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.
>>
>> But two of the men said they were only trying to buy and sell phones to
>> make money, and one said the money was intended to help pay for his
>> brother's college education.
>>
>> (In other places, you can see that apparently [I'm not tied in to these,
>> uh, "enterprises", so I have to take others' analyses as not
>> unreasonable]
>> somebody has found a way to hack the cheapie pre-paid cell phones so
>> they
>> work on other networks.  Besides ... what terrorist network is going to
>> need 1000 cell phones?  If you need that many you'd pick them up in a
>> bunch now, a bunch several months from now ...
>
>

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