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> All the FBI has to do is prove at least one of the files listed in the warrant is valid and was brought in good faith... Maybe, maybe not. If this is allowe
by blahedo 14y ago
> All the FBI has to do is prove at least one of the files listed in the warrant is valid and was brought in good faith...
Maybe, maybe not. If this is allowed to stand, it encourages a strategy of "throw everything against the wall and see what sticks." I'm pretty sure there have been cases where a warrant was thrown out because of bad-faith information, even if some of the reasons for the warrant were good.
This is certainly, at the least, a nice PR moment for Mega.
- brudgers 14y ago"Throw everything against the wall and see what sticks," has been Standard Operating Procedure for the FBI since its inception. Hence, Al Capone being prosecuted for income tax evasion.
- Evbn 14y agoAl Capone did fail to pay income tax. How is that similar?
- chadzawistowski 14y agoIt's the one charge they could manage to stick him with. It feels a little ironic, considering all the other crimes he's known for.