[IP] more on Remember the TrakFone Terrorists?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Date: September 7, 2006 12:45:54 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net, wb8foz@nrk.com
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Remember the TrakFone Terrorists?

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 11:59 -0400, David Farber wrote:
> Remember the Texas men, arrested in Mich. for buying Trakfones from
> WalMart?  The one where the Assistant US Attorney Janet Parker said
> "They're middle men...integral cogs in a conspiracy."

While the cluelessness of Wal-Mart employees is shocking, the cops'
behavior is even worse.  Anyone who has spent any time in an urban area
in the US knows that a very common business model for small inner-city
stores is to simply use Wal-Mart as a wholesaler, reselling to local
residents many of whom can't get to Wal-Mart for lack of transportation.
I can't believe the police don't know this.

Lee



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