FBI Half-Life 2 Raids [Jan 19, 2004, 4:02 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A weblog post
mentioned in a
Slashdot story apparently gives the account of a San Francisco native's
encounter with the FBI as the fed's raided his home looking for evidence in
connection with the theft of the Half-Life 2 source code (story).
According to Slashdot (since the site has been, naturally enough, Slashdotted),
the blog includes a scan of the FBI's search warrant. Thanks Captain Trips.
" You are presuming that the man that was searched was guilty. What if he is innocent? Should he not be PRESUMED innocent? "
No, he is presuming the dude was part of a criminal investigation, in which his computers may be, or contain evidence. Think of it this way: Man stabs you. The only proof other than "you say x, he says y" is the knife in question. This knife is the property of the alleged assailant. What do the cops do? Tell the dude he stands to be investigated for the crime, but leave the knife in his possession? Or what about pot growers? When the cops raid a grow op, they do not leave the lights, ballasts, hydroponic equipment pending trial... they take it all. Even when the growers are presumed innocent (which they are untill proven otherwise).
Seizing possible evidence in a criminal investigation, regardless of the fact the possible evidence belongs to a presumed innocent man (which, since the dude isn't in jail, he is), is standard operating procedure for law enforcement. Get over it.
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No, he is presuming the dude was part of a criminal investigation, in which his computers may be, or contain evidence. Think of it this way: Man stabs you. The only proof other than "you say x, he says y" is the knife in question. This knife is the property of the alleged assailant. What do the cops do? Tell the dude he stands to be investigated for the crime, but leave the knife in his possession? Or what about pot growers? When the cops raid a grow op, they do not leave the lights, ballasts, hydroponic equipment pending trial... they take it all. Even when the growers are presumed innocent (which they are untill proven otherwise).
Seizing possible evidence in a criminal investigation, regardless of the fact the possible evidence belongs to a presumed innocent man (which, since the dude isn't in jail, he is), is standard operating procedure for law enforcement. Get over it.
We cannot eat solar panels, nor solar power.
We cannot eat wind power, nor wind turbines.
92% of the world relies on eating oil, via fertilizer, pesticides, transport, and irrigation.
How long until oil is too valuble for farming?
www.oilcrash.com
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