By Bob Walsh
United State Representative Jackie Speier, (D-San Mateo), is arguably the most stupid person in Congress, and that is saying something. I have stepped in stinky stuff in the gutter that is smarter than she is. Never-the-less she is a member of Congress and wants to outlaw burner cell phones.
If Ms. Speier has her way ALL cell phones sold in the U. S. would be trackable to the initial buyer. Even those very basic cell phones, commonly called burner phones, would have to be tracked by the retailer with VERIFIED ID information on the initial purchaser. This information would be maintained in a data base which could be accessed by the government with a warrant.
Chucky Schumer, (D-New York) ran this same idea up the flagpole back in 2010, but nobody saluted.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I previously referred to Speier as a “kooky congresswoman” because each month she gets up to give a speech on the House floor in which she reads aloud the names of people killed in mass shootings the month before. Kooky Jackie also has a memorial wall to gun violence victims outside her office.
On March 15Speier, a firm opponent of the right to bear arms, introduced a bill banning the importation of assault rifles that was supported by 32 of her fellow Democrats.
It pains me to disagree with Bob, but when it comes to burner phones, Speier is right on track.
Burner phones are cellphones with prepaid time that the user discards once the paid-for minutes have been used up. ISIS and other jihadists have been using burner phones to thwart American and European intelligence agencies from tracing the phones to the terrorists using them.
Accordingly, Speier’s bill would enhance our homeland security.
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