Copper theft and identity theft abound

摘要

There's been another underwater cable cut - in Maine, not the Middle East - and it looks like conspiracy theorists will be unable to blame terrorists or U.S. military preparations for invading Iran. This time they'll have to blame the price of copper. (Although vandalism remains an option as the police continue their investigation - the area where this happened has seen 44 reports of copper theft over the past two years.)