Phones for Terrorists

Untraceable cell phones sold over the counter in big box stores may come into the hands of terror cells operating in the US. The troubling thing about this report is only that it comes as news. Are we that stupid? I am trusting that the FBI had a heads-up about these products usefulness in the field, given they appear from the news to be standard issue for the CIA. And thanks to the vigilance of Wal-Mart clerks in Texas we are now all aware that a purchase of large numbers of Tracphones will tip-off local law enforcement. The message to the terrorists is clearly that they may buy their disposable cell phones, but in smaller lots, and they will be put to the trouble of finding an open Wal-Mart. Take that!

I am all for a free and open market, and I am sure the members of the Michigan militia already have their cache of untraceable cell phones, ever prepared for the coming resistance. I am tempted to go out while I still can and get one or two for under the front seat. But there passed a point somewhere in the last decade when I wonder if we are being as smart as we can be about all this.

We are paying more attention to our borders these days, as we should. But more and more it seems that everything the terrorists need to bring us low is sold at the local outlets. Lenin was wrong, America won’t spend herself to death, she will sell it direct to her killers on the street corner for cold cash.