Mumbai Terror: Basic Security Issues

Three very common and basic security issues which are over-simplified in the internal security context in India

1) The absence of reliable tracking and recovery of lost/stolen mobiles. The responsibility of the handset maker seems to end with hard-coding the IMEI numbers into the handset. Assuming large operating profits in large markets like India with sale of large numbers of handsets daily, this is possibly an overlooked matter on part of the handset makers as well as network providers. Such shady mobiles can be a possible internal security loophole in the hands of an enterprising terrorist.

2) The absence of strong determination in taking cases involving known shady criminal characters through due legal processes. Frequent terrorist acts have been a grim reminder that small-time criminal networks give support to organisations with more widespread violent agendas in South Asian context.

3) The allowance of pseudo military training of the highest order in the name of moral support for self-determination in disputed areas within the frame-work of a national definition. Is it time for a competition between opposing groups for a direct communication to the gullible supporters?

Are these not just some of the points that are part of the over-simplified and hence underestimated internal security concerns?