Quote from: Armis on March 16, 2015, 12:09:59 AM

Quote from: rikkie on March 15, 2015, 11:22:14 PM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on March 15, 2015, 11:11:19 PM

I understand and agree but why are they hiding the warrant with the patriot act? We can't even find out what they were really searching for! Even the family can't find out what they were looking for. Very odd.

That is one of the "features" (for a lack of a better term) of the patriot act. Everything is kept out of the public's view. I wouldn't be surprised if Burt and/or his attorney knows the contents of what they were looking for and possibly the basis for the warrant (this might not even be true - I am not that familiar with the law). I would say however if/when the case is resolved outside of court that a stipulation be that he agrees not to speak publicly about the case.

His wife said on the video on her website that they took over 700 BTC and $30,000 in cash from their home. I am somewhat surprised that he didn't have the BTC better protected.

Someone postulated, the reason Burt spent two 'extra' days in fed detention was to force him to handover his private keys. When they snatched all of his electronic recording devices they likely found the wallet(s) and demanded the keys.

This is possible. But I don't think it was a good idea for him to give them up. It only would have given the government evidence against him, and he could have filed a writ of habeas corpus to get released, or at least a fair bail hearing.

Quote from: Armis on March 16, 2015, 12:09:59 AM

As for that stipulation, why would you ask Burt to stipulate to that? Speaking about what he endured should be required learning for everyone in the btc world, especially those trading with localbitcoins.

I would not ask him to stipulate that. The government would. They probably would make that stipulate that so that heads would not roll (eg be held accountable) as a result of the case. The way that her wife painted the situation (which I would say it probably somewhat biased - I cannot say with any amount of certainty how accurate it is), a lot of people in various branches of the government did things they probably shouldn't have done, some may even argue that would warrant jail time.

Quote from: Armis on March 16, 2015, 12:09:59 AM

If we as the CC universe don't take some measures to end this type of abuse it will spread to other countries. I would not be surprised if Germany isn't telling Greece to consider the American law that confiscates bitcoins from anyone not properly licensed to sell them.

What is "CC"?