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		nailer on April 27, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police raid Gizmodo editor's house 1. Interesting. So what was the purpose of the raid? 2. Agreed. There may be a remote chance the police just read the internet and really, really care about apple. But I doubt it.

infinite8s on April 27, 2010 [–]

The purpose of the raid was to determine who sold the phone to Gizmodo. Hence their defense using the journalist shield law.

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