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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Yeah, I understand why authorities would be alarmed by the Silk Road, with all the drugs and whatnot sold on there, but it's all still a part of the slow repression of internet "rights" that's going to ruin it if allowed to go unchecked.
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Absolutely.
For the curious and for those who won't have the opportunity to see the film - here are five key take-aways to piss you off:
• The FBI denied DPR's rights to know who would be testifying against him in his day in court. They also presented him with 3,500 pages of evidence only a few weeks before the trial - evidence that clearly revealed the FBI's violation of his fourth amendments rights and that their claim that they found the Silk Road's servers through a security hole in a CAPTCHA was a blatant lie.
• In reality, they had illegally hacked into and seized all of DPR's personal data from his computer without a warrant, setting a precedent that destroyed the fourth amendment rights of any defendant thereafter.
• At the trial, his defense's request to submit and examine this evidence was denied, as was his request to cross examine the FBI agents and their claims. Effectively, the court denied DPR from even STATING that any wrongdoing was done by the feds.
• In the months before the trial, a criminal complaint was filed against the FBI agents who'd posed as Silk Road sellers. Among other charges, these agents stole over a million dollars in Bitcoin and transferred the funds to their personal accounts. The government did not allow DPR's defense to address this criminal investigation during the trial.
• DPR was sentenced to life in prison.