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FBI Conducts Raids Over Half-Life 2 Source Theft
TheXerox writes "According to a recent weblog post, a San Francisco native had his house raided by the FBI last week, and 'lost upwards of 9 machines, and lots of misc equipment besides' in a seizure related to the theft of the Half-Life 2 source code from Valve Software." The scanned-in search warrant posted on the site indicates the FBI were looking for "...any IP addresses related to any of the Valve internal or external networks... Valve passwords and/or usernames... any and all items... related to Valve Software, Half-Life, Half-Life 2", and the Hungry Programmers page mentions that "...several Hungries were raided on January 14th by the FBI and Secret Service, and their computers seized."
As if there were ever doubt any longer that America were a police state ...
Do backups people! BACKUPS!!!
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Only a jack-booted thug such as yourself would think that is OK. The warrant should list exactly what they are taking, and should not enable a fishing expedition.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
It's what they teach in the "developed liberal world" where facts aren't required.
-- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
You are full of shit (sorry, can't give any more details).
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.