From: "John Beamish" 

Nothing to see here.  Everyone can move along.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14347754/

FBI: No terror ties to men in cell phone arrest Three arrested after
authorities find 1,000 cell phones in vehicle

CARO, Mich. - The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that
the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had
any direct connection to known terrorist groups.

[snip]

As the man said:  no terror ties.


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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