Armed FBI agents raid home of researcher who found unsecured patient data
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/armed-fbi-agents-raid-home-of-researcher-who-found-unsecured-patent-data/
With the baby crying in fear from the racket, Shafer opened
the door to find what he estimated to be 12 to 15 FBI agents.
One was "pointing a 'big green' assault weapon at me," Shafer
told Daily Dot, "and the baby's crib was only feet from the
door." The agents allegedly ordered Shafer to put his hands
behind his back. As they handcuffed him, his 9-year-old
daughter cried in terror, Shafter said, and his wife tried to
tell the agents that there were three young children in the
house. Once handcuffed, Shafer was taken outside, still in
his boxer shorts, still not knowing what was going on or why.
Over the next few hours, the agents seized all of Shafer's
computers and devices--"and even my Dentrix magazines," Shafer
said. "The only thing they left was my wife's phone." The
seized property list, a copy of which was provided to Daily
Dot, shows that federal agents took 29 items.
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I have no fear of invoking Godwin when calling this Gestapo tactics.
Look it up.
--Lauren--
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