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FBI Defend Raids On Texas Datacenter

Posted by timothy on from the we're-from-the-govt-and-we're-here-to-help dept.

Aryden writes "Wired Reports: 'The FBI on Tuesday defended its raids on at least two data centers in Texas, in which agents carted out equipment and disrupted service to hundreds of businesses. The raids were part of an investigation prompted by complaints from AT&T and Verizon about unpaid bills allegedly owed by some data center customers, according to court records. One data center owner charges that the telecoms are using the FBI to collect debts that should be resolved in civil court. But on Tuesday, an FBI spokesman disputed that charge.'"

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  1. Re:April 7, 2009 by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're not slow at all; April 7, 2009 was a Tuesday. Tuesday is two days from now. Therefore, Slashdot is reporting the news two days before it even happens. Far from being slow, they're faster than everyone else!

  2. Re:Article is from 2009 by fishexe · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oracle has made an offer to purchase Sun Microsystems.

    Isn't that old news?

    There's this really great new device they have on sale at Best Buy. It's called a sarcasm detector.

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  3. Re:Article is from 2009 by The_mad_linguist · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's old news. They stopped selling them at Best buy back in June '09.

  4. They have data centres in Texas? by hyades1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess that's what they call it when somebody brings the state library's book back.

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    1. Re:They have data centres in Texas? by VortexCortex · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess that's what they call it when somebody brings the state library's book back.

      Hey, I live in Texas. I know for a fact we have more than just one library book. (I would give you an exact figure, but our math teachers aren't allowed to teach us numbers that big!)

      If I had to guess I'd say more than 665...

    2. Re:They have data centres in Texas? by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess that's what they call it when somebody brings the state library's book back.

      If I had to guess I'd say more than 665...

      Why else would they need a book depository?

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    3. Re:They have data centres in Texas? by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's a flat out offensive lie. Tthere's an English *and* a Spanish bible.

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  5. Re:April 7, 2009 by LingNoi · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's because the main slashdot servers are just recovering from an FBI raid.

  6. Re:Article is from 2009 by anomaly256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The raid was on April 7 2009.. The FBI just now publicly defended it on Tuesday just gone. And in another 2 years they will begin analyzing the equipment, and 4 years after that they may start returning it, provided anyone can remember to claim it.

  7. Re:Article is from 2009 by Mark+Hood · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it was a Tuesday...

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