[LIConFem]

"A think a hundred pre-paid cell phones in the back of your car is a tad suspicious... don't you?"

A cell phone is not inherently dangerous, and the purchase of them in quantity is not illegal.

Yet...

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Have you forgotten that cell phones were used to trigger the explosives in the Madrid bombing?

[Old Student]

"A cell phone is not inherently dangerous, and the purchase of them in quantity is not illegal.

Yet..."

Very little is inherently dangerous. Radioactives and poisons come to mind. However, even a newspaper can be a lethal weapon, in the right (or wrong) hands. Just look at the NY Times. In Iraq, the jihadis are using cellphones as triggers for IED's and suicide bombs, so perhaps a little caution is in order.

I would not need a hundred prepaid cell phones, personally. I'll admit that you might. I hope you'll admit that I might have reason to be concerned about just exactly your need is, though? If you're handing them out to a bunch of girl scouts, or all the single ladies in your neighborhood, I've probably nothing to worry about, but...

[Philistone]

Cell phones are used to set off explosive devices. Pre-paid cell phones would not leave as much of a trace as a regular one.

[Joan Kerrey]

A cell phone is not inherently dangerous, and the purchase of them in quantity is not illegal.

If the FBI does nothing for this legal purchase then why bother with the rest of war on terror. At some point common sense should be applied. Legal or not these hundreds of cell phones in the back of a car should raise some eyebrows and prompt further questioning I would think.

If the FBI is still in their law enforcement mode of investigating after an act of terror has taken place then we might as well throw in the towel now. If this/these men are on the up and up then so be it but question the driver at least. Maybe they have but their statement indicates a HO HUM attitude of "no crime has been committed"