[Jameison]

"What happens with "most normal cell phone owners" is irrelevant. "

Oh it's relevant alright.
I am going to bet that when any poll is taken, on this issue, it will come out with the public strongly in support of id'ing disposable cell hone owners.
Why? In part because most of the public won't even be affected by it at all. Plus unlike you and The Slimes, the public actually recognizes that we are in a deadly war with an implacable, genocidal, psychotic enemy, and that these are not normal times.
Politicians will usually respond to what the public is thinking, and what the public want.
After The Slimes leaked the details of the secret monitoring of terrorist phone calls and bank accounts, every single poll had the public STRONGLY in support of those programs.
The result? The Patriot Act was renewed, even after The Slimes had leaked their story just before the debate on renewing that Act started, in an attempt to sabotage it.

[WFTR]

Plus unlike you and The Slimes, the public actually recognizes that we are in a deadly war with an implacable, genocidal, psychotic enemy, and that these are not normal times.

Listen you sorry piece of dirt, I'm perfectly aware of the fact that we are in a life and death battle with a horrible enemy. That's why I advocate destroying the enemy. You're the coward who's advocating that we surrender our freedoms to that enemy. I favor surveillance of the enemy. I oppose revealing the programs we have to inflict harm on the enemy. The difference between us is that I know our history well enough to know that our nation was founded on protecting individual freedoms and not creating invasive government programs no matter how good ones intentions are. You're just so intent on removing individual freedoms that you just can't imagine seeking solutions that involve hurting our enemies instead of restricting our freedoms.

Bill