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tblue37

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54. That is exactly what I said. The cops cannot collect tainted evidence If they don't follow all legal

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 05:24 PM

Feb 2013

procedures (dotting "i's" and crossing "t's&quot , then the evidence will be inadmissable. But Anonymous is not law enforcement. They can collect evidence any way they want, and the evidence is untainted because it was not collected by the cops. Of course, if Anonymous break laws while collecting that evidence, then they themselves could run afoul of the law, but the original evidence would still be admissible.

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Awesome libodem Feb 2013 #2

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Sweet! I would love to buy Anonymous a drink IRL! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #4

+1000!! FirstLight Feb 2013 #14

So do I In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #16

Finally! One everyone can agree with. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #5

Anonymous!!!!! siligut Feb 2013 #6

The Angel reference made me smile. white_wolf Feb 2013 #25

Cyber heroes!! ailsagirl Feb 2013 #7

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #8

While I really appreciate any inteference with taking down such filth serving the lowest human namaste2 Feb 2013 #9

To be fair Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #13

The offenders are likely to re-offend and now LE can use the lists as seeds for other investigations Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #17

Law enforcement cannot collect tainted evidence-- tblue37 Feb 2013 #33

It's not tainted. eggplant Feb 2013 #40

That is exactly what I said. The cops cannot collect tainted evidence If they don't follow all legal tblue37 Feb 2013 #54

D'oh! eggplant Feb 2013 #55

and what about this... Swagman Feb 2013 #10

I doubt innocent people will be identified. jerseyjack Feb 2013 #24

I disagree Swagman Feb 2013 #34

Another situation... SwissTony Feb 2013 #44

Hard to forget about their pipoman Feb 2013 #11

these vigilantes can sit by me roguevalley Feb 2013 #22

Ditto! I have a very common name. In a county of 300,000, Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #26

WHAT?? moreland01 Feb 2013 #38

Yes Dustlawyer! It is a strange community! Lol Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #58

Damn. I'm a hypocrite. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #32

Thank you Anonymous!!!!!! Tumbulu Feb 2013 #12

"Anonymous" relies on whistleblowers for their efforts.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #15

I remember reading about this when it came out in 2011 Danascot Feb 2013 #18

Correct... Fedaykin Feb 2013 #20

Saved the 2012 election from another Ohio steal by Rove and his thugs usafvet65 Feb 2013 #41

Wow, I missed that Hartmann show.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #50

Good one! Fedaykin Feb 2013 #57

i know right? iamthebandfanman Feb 2013 #43

Anon vs TOR - Oh the LUZ !!! (nt) reACTIONary Feb 2013 #19

I hope they didn't fuck with an ongoing investigation. MADem Feb 2013 #21

I'll bet Westboro Baptist never had that kind of success Jack Rabbit Feb 2013 #23

GOOOO ANONYMOUS! LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #27

The pervs are squirming. nt Zorra Feb 2013 #28

Hey, didn't Free Republic's site just go down?? coincidence? tomm2thumbs Feb 2013 #29

Freedom Hosting? They'd pay extra for that! nt. druidity33 Feb 2013 #36

it's interesting that the main hosting site calls itself Freedom Hosting. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #30

I wouldn't doubt it get the red out Feb 2013 #47

Please tell me they found some bad shit on Karl Rove's computer. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #31

Funny how Anonymous can do this, but the gov't can't seem to be able to? 99th_Monkey Feb 2013 #35

I'd guess that the servers are in foreign countries (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2013 #37

Good! n/t irisblue Feb 2013 #39

This one sounds like the REAL Anonymous, not some imitation chumps with limited skills Coyotl Feb 2013 #42

I can't feel bad about this. TDale313 Feb 2013 #45

Good job!!!! get the red out Feb 2013 #46

Great work, but old news . . . ET Awful Feb 2013 #48

THANK YOU ANONYMOUS Skittles Feb 2013 #49

It may be old news but it's new to me and clearly others here tpsbmam Feb 2013 #51

I am starting GRENADE Feb 2013 #52

awesome! deafskeptic Feb 2013 #53

Ohio and Child Porn leanforward Feb 2013 #56