It's unfortunate that our law enforcement agents disregard the law. It's good that the judicial branch is enforcing our constitution, but saying the evidence is inadmissible is not good enough. The law enforcement agents should be held punitively accountable. Civil rights are violated, and law enforcement should be penalized for these violations.
"He interviewed hotel employees who had been inside villa 8888 and had seen a number of computers, monitors, and chairs set up in a configuration that resembled a boiler room bookie operation."<p>I love how real world legal documents read like old crime novels. The imagery cast upon a villa at Caesar's by being compared to a boiler room is top notch. :)
I read through the entire affidavit when it originally came out as I have an interest in online gambling... but I couldn't figure out what exactly the FBI was after these asian gamblers for... the only thing it said was that they had multiple tvs and internet connections going into one suite and when the FBI saw what they were doing, it looked like they were only betting on World Cup matches over the internet.<p>There has to be more to it... I know online gambling is illegal in the USA, but why get the FBI involved because some foreigners are betting big online?
Is it legal for them to intentionally disrupt internet service like that?<p>It doesn't sound right they can just stop you from getting a service you're paying for whenever they want.
This is lawful and common in law enforcement agencies throughout the world. It's called "pretexting".<p>Look up the PDF for "Lying and Confessing" by Christopher Slobogin.