Can we assume that Bomber #2 ditched his cell phone because the police would have

[Baitball Blogger]

had a GPS on him by now?

Also, the cell phones are still operational in Boston. If they think he has bomb capacity, shouldn't they shut the towers down?

Maybe the two questions are interrelated. As long as he's calling out, the easier it will be to find him?

[BainsBane]

1. I would

but who knows.

[PATRICK]

2. They also

robbed, carjacked, stole and used ATM cards to get cash so they could not be tracked. Pretty desperate and determined but pretty poor planning. The police in dealing with this kind of "unprofessional" panic plus unknown bomb expertise had to be under very high pressure while acting with equal determination.

[BainsBane]

3. that's why I think they are on their own

a plan hatched in Boston. There could be a couple of other young men involved, but I don't see international planning.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. If he has

Several prepaid phones (cash buys) then they don't have those devices. Think 'burners' - throw aways for specific use in criminal activity. They get stolen from the distribution centers of the big wireless co.s daily (via Internet - account take over) then sold on the street cheap.

You have to have the mtn and meid or esn to pinpoint the device.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. This is a technology that I am not familiar with.

Thank you.