Were these sales stepped up after the British plot was foiled? And can these phones be used in other countries? Could Al Qaeda have a new communication plan to only speak for less than 5 minutes with each other on these phones and then trash them? Maybe they fear all the phone tapping?
Could be anything. Allof your points are plausible. No matter what it is though, something is rotten in the state of Denmark. I also wonder if Ahmadinajad has something up his sleeve for his favorite date of August 22nd.
"Could Al Qaeda have a new communication plan to only speak for less than 5 minutes with each other on these phones and then trash them? Maybe they fear all the phone tapping?"
I wonder about that, too. My guess is that they are preparing something big and don't want their plans foiled by "chatter".
I recall seeing Michelle Malkin's blog about the Dearborn bust on the same day the British plot was unraveled.
At first I thought these guys were al qaeda, but now I think they are a diversion. Either they are creating a focus on tracfones to make the FBI look in the wrong direction or they are trying to swamp the NSA's ability to track communication in advance of an attack. All the phones shipped to Walmart are now on the NSA "hot list."
I think there are two plays. 1. Real conspirators are encouraging their co-religionists to buy phones as some sort of get rich quick scheme. 2. They are low level al qaeda supporters intentionally being sent out with a specific plan to divert FBI resources into a wild goose chase for cell phone purchasers.
It is possible that the guys out buying phones are patsies for the real terrorists. It sure doesn't hurt al qaeda to have FBI anti-terrorist agents in Michigan and the Southwest while al qaeda plots another strike at NYC and Washington, DC.
LGF posts say that they are stripping the phones of the charger and the battery and packing the stripped phones into small boxes.
I think that's it.
Yes. They've been doing this for a long time. Th