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Kim Dotcom Raid - What Really Happened

Posted by samzenpus on from the super-serious dept.

chill writes "People have been discussing the raid on the Dotcom mansion for months, but now more details and video footage of that morning have begun to emerge from the trial. From the article: 'At 6.46am on January 20, the raid was underway. The helicopter carrying members of the elite special tactics group flew into the Coatesville home of Dotcom. "Ground units, Gates are open," someone says into the radio. Dotcom's pregnant wife their three children, some guests and about a dozen staff were also there. All is quiet below. Within seconds four armed members of the special tactics group ran towards the main door. The helicopter immediately took off. The main justification for using it at all was that Dotcom's security staff could have stopped police vehicles at the gates. But as the chopper flew out, ground forces were already arriving just seconds behind.'"

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  1. They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On Bernie Madoff.

    But who really robbed people for tens of millions?

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    Never been known to fail..."
    1. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle by ppanon · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Apparently, a bunch of the seed capital for Bain capital came from families that either directly and/or through ARENA, the El Salvador right wing political party, supported the death squads in that country in the 80's. So saying he doesn't care for the little guy is understating it. He was handling the money of people who had the little guys shot and killed in the middle of the night.

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      Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde. - Voltaire
    2. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle by ccguy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Blame myself for placing all the eggs in one basket and thinking that a investment fund cannot go bust. Don't you have Past performance is not guarantee of future results. standard disclaimer over there?

      Are you kidding me? That disclaimer doesn't say anything like "having honest management in the past is not guarantee of future management".

  2. Good thing they launched an aggressive assault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I mean, such a violent guy.... he's like a terrorist. His children could have been at the windows with their ak-47s.

  3. Too much for such an intervention by L3sT4T · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it me or that was the type of raid that could/might have been used to capture Osama Bin Laden ?

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  4. Re:Several reasons come to mind... by sdguero · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When they pushed the three strikes law through without oversight because of the earthquake... Man that pissed me off. And I live in California.

  5. Re:Several reasons come to mind... by dbIII · · Score: 4, Interesting

    IMHO it required one policeman to wait outside until Kim Dotcom went out for milk to say "you're nicked sunshine".