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."

Comments

Re:Wording and tense..

[Mononoke]

Rather than "FBI agents, acting under a warrant issued due to probable cause having been ascertained, ..."

Thanks to Bush's raping of the Constitution: Probable cause isn't even a requirement anymore, nor is judicial oversight. In other words, some clerk in the courthouse can sign your life away now solely on the whim of someone with a badge and a gun.

Oops, pardon me. Someone's at the door...