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Dotcom Search Warrants Ruled Illegal
New submitter StueyNZ writes "Justice Helen Winkelmann of New Zealand's High Court (non-appellate court) has ruled that the search warrants used to search and seize property from Kim Dotcom's Coatsville residence did not properly describe the offenses under which the search was being made. In particular, warrants did not make it clear that the breach of copyright law and money laundering offenses were U.S. federal offenses rather than NZ offenses. Therefore the search and seizure was illegal. I hope this means Mr. Dotcom gets his security footage back, which should shed some light on how many tourists from the FBI were present at the NZ police raid, and how many firearms those tourists were waving around as they joined in."
It's possible to be proud to be American and ashamed of our government.
Possible, but wrong. Having pride in your nation while simultaneously permitting it to get out of hand and shit on the rest of the world is bullshit.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"