Looks like another case of "guess we acted too soon". The men accused of being terrorists because they bought tons of phones at Wal-mart have had their charges reduced to fraud because it was determined that they were not terrorists.
Another example of our government trying to scare the crap out of people by labeling any middle easterner a terrorist, no matter what their crime or lack thereof. From Michigan Live:
"Lawyers for three Texas men once accused of plotting to blow up the Mackinac Bridge claim the government is bailing out an overzealous prosecutor by bringing unprecedented charges.
Until Wednesday, even the FBI said the business of buying and altering cell phones -- as the men claim was their only motive -- was a legal enterprise, and that the only issue was whether proceeds end up in terrorist coffers.
But now, the FBI and U.S. attorneys in Bay City say the entrepreneurial behavior of three Americans of Palestinian descent amounts to fraud, not terrorism."
Read the rest of the article at Michigan Live, and in the mean time thank the U.S. government for trying to turn everything into a terrorist related event, in order to scare you into submission.