Cause and Effect

Everyone agrees that freedom of the press is a good thing in addition to being an enumerated right as part of the First Amendment to the Constitution. But some things should remain hidden from public view. In their efforts to provide for the security of the American people, the government NEEDS to keep some things secret. It seems that this fact would be self evident, but there are some people that can’t seem to wrap their minds (h/t Discerning Texan) around this concept. It didn’t take long, but our nation is now beginning to reap the whirlwind sown by a few seditious and self promoting dirtbags. ABC News is reporting that a surge in the sale of prepaid (and unregistered) cellphones MIGHT have a connection to terrorism. Ya think?

It seems that groups of Middle Eastern men are buying up hundreds of these untraceable phones at retailers across the country. What do you think precipitated that interesting anomaly? I’ll give you one guess. Although I’m not sure that it will help them evade NSA detection, it is clear that terrorist cells currently residing in the US are attempting to do just that. At a minimum the revelation of NSA wiretaps occurring in the US has alerted active cell members that they have not completely eluded law enforcement scrutiny, and they are taking steps to change their tactics. The sheer numbers of cellphones purchased is a disturbing statistic in its own right. 19 determined terrorists were able to kill 3000 Americans on 9/11 (a rate of 158 to 1). The very fact that hundreds of these phones are being sought bodes ill for our Homeland security.

It was ordinary Americans who defied the admonitions of the ACLU and other liberal groups to take it upon themselves to use their common sense to report these bizarre purchases. My hat goes off to those Americans who showed more fidelity and loyalty to their nation than Senator Jay Rockefeller, Russell Tice, or James Risen. Those last three are each in their own way in a position of trust in our nation, and they have each shown that they cannot be counted upon to live up to that duty. Meanwhile the employees of Wal-Mart and Target had an opportunity to protect their fellow citizens, and they did so without asking for anything more than a paycheck that is likely a mere fraction of a US Senator, a New York Times reporter, or even a federal employee. Why doesn’t that surprise me?