CDR: Jim Bell's House Being Searched

[Alan Olsen]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> No, that was the second raid, before he was on parole.
> 
> The first one (check time.com archives) was for SSN violations or somesuch.

Actually I was speaking of this time.  I kind of assumed that they still
had some sort of leash on him.

Sounds like it was more like a roving wiretap or the like.  (Or Jeff was
getting ready for his performance review and needed another victim to help
pad it out.)

> 
> -Declan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 06:27:11PM -0800, Alan Olsen wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > 
> > > I think it's a bit premature to assume that the stated reason for
> > > the raid/search was Bell's posts and whois lookups.
> > > 
> > > Remember, the *stated reason* last time around had nothing to do with AP.
> > 
> > I expect the stated reason will have something to do with being a threat
> > to federal officials or some sort of "parole violation".
> > 
> > "Welcome to the Global Village. You are number 127.0.0.1."
> > 
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