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'TERROR' CELLS KO'D IN TUNNELS
NY Post ^ | 7/11/05 | LARRY CELONA

Posted on 07/11/2005 7:25:18 AM PDT by since1868

uly 11, 2005 -- The NYPD has disconnected cellphone service in all the city's vehicular tunnels since the London terror blasts — to prevent anyone from detonating a bomb, authorities said yesterday.

Service will remain off until further notice, spokesmen for the Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.

PA spokesman Tony Ciavolella said the cutoff came "at the request of the NYPD." The PA operates the Lincoln and Holland tunnels.

MTA spokesman Brian Dolan said a similar policy was enacted Thursday in the Brooklyn-Battery and Midtown tunnels.

A police source said disabling cellphones in the tunnels is a good security measure, but not a foolproof one.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: since1868

Not a secret, just not publicizing it. Why give the terrorists so much advance warning.


81 posted on 07/11/2005 9:18:04 AM PDT by Eva
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To: since1868

How smart!!!


82 posted on 07/11/2005 9:19:14 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: since1868
You forgot to turn off the sarcasm.

Does that mean the rest of the thread is now sarcasm?
I guess I'll turn it off. /sarcasm
83 posted on 07/11/2005 9:19:52 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
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To: since1868
A nearly equally effective trick would be to intermittently interrupt service. That would introduce sufficient uncertainty into the terrorist's plans that they could never count on being able to set off a bomb to any predictable schedule, while allowing most people to use their phones most of the time.

Now they can count on everyone being unable to report any suspicious activities.

Not the kind of certainty we want them to have...
84 posted on 07/11/2005 9:21:43 AM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: null and void

That might work.


85 posted on 07/11/2005 9:23:07 AM PDT by since1868
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Thanks.


86 posted on 07/11/2005 9:23:43 AM PDT by since1868
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To: in hoc signo vinces
Yeah. Damned if you do...

Just another thought, isn't there some way they could block incoming calls, yet still allow people to call out in case of an emergency?

87 posted on 07/11/2005 9:23:59 AM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: since1868

Me too had I not seen all them pasty blue eyed white boys in bosnia that are muslims..... then the indonesians etc....

Crazy world.......Stay safe !


88 posted on 07/11/2005 9:26:21 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
This is a red herring anyway since such a spotting is not going to occur.

Agreed. Terrorists never make dumb mistakes.

89 posted on 07/11/2005 9:29:34 AM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: null and void

Not that dumb.


90 posted on 07/11/2005 10:58:09 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Of course not.


91 posted on 07/11/2005 11:01:05 AM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: null and void

I wish I was wrong about that.


92 posted on 07/11/2005 11:17:52 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Do you happen to know why every Persian rug has a deliberate flaw?


93 posted on 07/11/2005 11:50:25 AM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: null and void

Probably because of some dumbass Islamic fear of challenging Allah's perfection.


94 posted on 07/11/2005 12:38:01 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Bingo

"Expect slight inconsistencies and at least one imperfection in a hand-woven rug originating from a country in the Middle East. The philosophy, from an Islamic point of view, is that only God is perfect, and, therefore, nothing man makes should be perfect. A flaw will be carefully woven into each rug." (http://www.homeownernet.com/articles/orientalrugs.html)

No such thing as a perfect terrorist, either...


95 posted on 07/11/2005 12:43:19 PM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: null and void

But there are effective ones.


96 posted on 07/11/2005 12:45:12 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Indeed! THat's why we need every advantage and every opportunity to catch them. It doesn't help to gouge out our own eyes.


97 posted on 07/11/2005 12:46:58 PM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
some dumbass Islamic fear of challenging Allah's perfection.

he does seem to be a singularly insecure omnipotent being, doesn't he?

98 posted on 07/11/2005 12:49:28 PM PDT by null and void (You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
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To: Samwise

We are not living in the days of Ben Franklin.

So, presume you would prefer that they leave the cell phones alone - even though it may mean you and all your co-riders of the transit system are blown to bits with one little phone call.

What freedom do you have then. And, did you get a vote of how the others on the vehicle might feel?


99 posted on 07/11/2005 2:00:13 PM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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To: realpatriot

If we have, we have.

We also have not had another attack for 3+ years.


100 posted on 07/11/2005 2:02:51 PM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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