THE CUSTOMS SERVICE REPORTS that it has seized a shipment of cellphones bound for Al Qaida operatives.

Nice work. But next time, how about bugging them, or rigging them to explode, or to relay false instructions (“Suicide bombing at the Iraqi embassy! Now!”). That would not only do more good, it would have a certain Wile E. Coyote charm to it.

UPDATE: The Cynic Of The Week Award goes to Jim Henley who emails:

Glenn, be reasonable. How is bugging cell phones or rigging them to explode or otherwise perform some active function to defeat our enemies going to get headlines for the customs service?

Ordinarily I have to look to Rand Simberg for barbs this sharp and deep.