IF this is not B.S. and IF this is actually what happened... Isnt the Secret Service only involved for mail/wire fraud? I can see the FBI involved for the valve thefts but the secret service is not involved in simple theft.
also,This search was pretty tame by comparison. Try (like me) having a college room mate that thinks growing a plant that WAS NOT pot but looks a bunch like it. (after a paraniod landlord called them and they got a warrant)The ATF did a screaming combat syle entry and threw everyone to the ground so hard some people got bruises (yes, the 2 freshman girls that where wearing running shorts, 1/2 shirts and sandals where extremely threatening and I was the only other person there),dumped every single drawer on the ground, (silverware, clothing, etc) dumped every single piece of dirty clothing out of my hampers onto the floor, Emptied every single cabinet to the floor (they where at least carefull not to break my glases and dishes when they put them on the floor) dumped all of my trash in my front yard so a dog could sniff it and sent several people into the attic to search. While this was going on they had me sitting on my front porch with my hands cuffed behind my back while a very big dog was sitting in front of me looking very mean. Did I get an apology for wrecking the house of an innocent man? not even close. BUT!!! I am not mad, this was a minor inconvienance. I never went to jail. As far as I know a warant to sieze all of these PCs need hard evidence like a log. They cannot just go up their and start this with no evidence.
What would make me angry beyond all comprehension is if my lifes work was stolen out of my house and when 1/2 the community i work in supports the thieves. If this guy stole valves code I say hang him by his fingernails and beat him thoroghly.
If he stole financial info and is trying to make an illegal buck on it (more than likeley what the secret service would be looking for) then he needs to do the time. If nothing, then he needs his PCs back and needs to look into why his ID is on logs that show illegal behavior and change his behaviour. To many people are about blaming the system but cannot put an equal amount of critisism to what the real problem is, themselves.
