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unless they were using burners
by cglace 14y ago
unless they were using burners
- DoggettCK 14y agoOr aren't the bombers, but just suspects for the time being.
- pyre 14y agoThey don't have to be the bombers to have been using burner phones.
- dakrisht 14y agoTrue good point, damn burners. Two gigantic idiots - walking the streets together, around corners carrying heavy backpacks. Can't fathom how they didn't know with todays surveillance and a million people taking photos that they wouldn't get spotted.
- mentat 14y agoBecause two friends don't walk streets together carrying backpacks... Because the FBI is always accurate in their information...
- nosequel 14y agoTwo reasons, they might not care to get away with it, or these aren't the people responsible.
- dageshi 14y agoSorry, what's a "burner" ? I've no clue what that word means in this context.
- alirov 14y agoA prepaid phone specifically purchased to be used briefly and then replaced is known colloquially as a burner phone or burner. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone So basically a phone that can't be tracked to you and you can get rid of and replace easily.
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- error54 14y agoA cheap disposable phone
- yRetsyM 14y agoanonymous cell phone. cell phone bought without any identification used.
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- Zimahl 14y agoFrom what they are showing us, Suspect #1 isn't seen as doing anything just walking in front of Suspect #2 and wearing sunglasses and a backpack. Like I said, from what they have shown us Suspect #1 might not have been involved at all.