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Feds Arrest Private Eye at HOPE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the smash-and-grab dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FBI agents today arrested Steven Rambam, the owner of a company that bills itself as the largest privately held online investigative service in the United States, according to Washingtonpost.com's Security Fix blog. From the story: 'Rambam was arrested this afternoon by FBI agents just moments before he was to lead a panel discussion on privacy here at the HOPE hacker conference in New York City. Rambam and three other panelists were to discuss how they dug up -- in just 4.5 hours of searching private and public databases -- more than 500 pages worth of data on HOPE attendee Rick Dakan, who agreed to be the guinea pig for the project.'"

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  1. Cue the Slashbots by ClamIAm · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'll just get this out of the way:

    OMG Gov3rnment is teh ev1l!!! if we had privat organzations and every1 had gunz, this wud never happen!!! only government cn du this, if we got rid of government everything wud be rainbows and unicorns!

  2. Re:Any information on charges? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The charges are described in this thread.

  3. Re:Parent is a troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Links to porn.

    Awesome, thanks! I never would have found the post without your bringing attention to it.

  4. Re:Not enough info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Which lie, exactly? They found WMDs in Iraq, though the media has been awfully quiet about it.

    You mean Iraq, right, the country that repeatedly broke the ceasefire agreement from the first Gulf War?

    I'm not a fan of the administration, but if you're going to criticize them you should at least get your facts straight.