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Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by blake1 on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:40PM (#25340531)
Have you ever read a warrant application? I have read a few, and they love to use the phrase "information and belief" to persuade the judge.

That's just a fancy way of saying "speculate," and judges don't seem to object.

We should see when the warrant application becomes public.

Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by bigiain on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:09PM (#25341663)
> they love to use the phrase "information and belief"

Yep, often followed with "based on my training and experience".

Which is just a fancy way of saying "this is what the other cops in the lunchroom reckoned", and judges don't seem to object.

Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by ogre_codes on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:33AM (#25342522)
> We should see when the warrant application becomes public.

Don't have to wait, they updated the linked article with more details.

As I figured, they got her IP address from the logs.

Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil... by an_opabinia on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:09PM (#25341251)
Another way to interpret it is, law and order types have been co-opted by Republicans, rather than the other way around. It shouldn't take a Dave Chapelle colorfully telling you it doesn't fucking matter that some Florida data scientist broke a dumb law when she was disclosing information implicating Republicans of incompetence.