They are dropping the charges because they all have tracers now and are being tracked. We know where everyone of them are and we also know the phone numbers. Read the article. They are not dropping all the charges, just changing them. They dropped all the terrorism charges, but they are still pressing dubious fraud charges that could put these guys away for 20 years.
Again, why were they tearing the phones out of the packaging, removing the batteries, and collecting them in separate boxes?????
That report simply does not square with the mens' purported intentions.