A NATIONAL DATABASE to disable stolen cellphones.

UPDATE: Reader Johnnie Garner writes: “I am not happy about this. When I first heard of it yesterday, all I could think about is ‘If they can pick what phone to disable, how hard would it be to disable all dissenters’ phone?” Indeed what about a universal shutdown for some unspecified ’emergency’? Nowadays we know information is just about the people’s best weapon against despotic government, maybe even more than arms.”