Now, you're asking "is anyone that stupid" and I'm telling you yes they are. Eg. Months ago there was a guy on a "Most Wanted List". Warrant out for sexual assault and confinement. The genius also had social media, which was active and left his GPS turned on. Anyways, he's not on the most wanted list anymore. In the United States there are hackers who make a living chasing down those guys & the reward money is their income.
No criminals or terrorists are stupid, and common sense is your enemy. We have that directly from a BC Supreme Court judge who recently acquitted a trucker caught at the border with $23 million in drugs hidden in a compartment in his trailer. He actually said, nobody would be so stupid as to draw attention to themselves while smuggling.
From Van Sun -
But the judge said that although the Crown’s arguments “generally exude reason and common sense,” the problem was that the evidence showed the accused was anything but careful.
He noted Gausal had received a ticket in the U.S. for having too much weight over his rear axles and had to redistribute the load by opening one of the pallets. Gausal made no attempt to secure the contents and the contents shifted and were strewn about, the disarray attracting the attention of the border officers.
“It is difficult to believe that anyone with knowledge of the significant quantity of cocaine in the trailer would not have taken steps to properly secure the load in order to avoid the very arousal of curiosity and interest that led to the discovery of the cocaine in this case,” said the judge.
“If the rationale of the drug importers was to avoid the use of a so-called blind courier because they might be careless, that rationale failed miserably in this case.”
The judge added it was “highly significant” that all of the officers who dealt with Gausal found him to be co-operative and not showing any sign of suspicious behaviour.
