Judge Orders Gizmodo Search Warrant Unsealed

gyrogeerloose writes "The same judge who issued the warrant to search Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's apartment has now ordered it unsealed, ruling against the San Mateo County district attorney's office which had argued that unsealing the documents may compromise the investigation." You can read the entire affidavit here (PDF). It has a detailed description of the police investigation that led to the seizure of Chen's computers. It turns out Steve Jobs personally requested that the phone be returned, prompting Gizmodo's Brian Lam to try negotiating for a public acknowledgment that the phone was real. Apple was tipped off to the man who found/stole the prototype by his roommate.

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Re:Funny, that's exactly what the cops told me...

[dangitman]

Are you fucking retarded?

So, yeah, the cops exactly argue they shouldn't investigate theft until all violent crime has been solved.

No, some cops might argue that. Lazy cops, incompetent cops. In this case, probably made-up strawman cops. But certainly not all cops. If that were true, then thefts would never be investigated. But we know that's just not true, because thefts are investigated daily.

But what are you trying to say, anyway? That cops should ignore all crime, because you've claimed that they've ignored some crimes related to you and your friends?

Re:Dangitman is having a hard day

[dangitman]

I'm having a hard day? Why, because I'm making a logical argument on slashdot, that you don't have the intellectual capacity to refute? I think you might be the one having a hard time, given how difficult it is for you to understand simple concepts and logic.