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Forget the Patriot Act, they don't even need that to arrest you. Its just a damn name for something they've been doing for YEARS. That kid isn't getting a trial until he's 18 I'll bet.
A long time ago, when I was a young teenager, and the internet was lawless and fun, a friend and I got nabbed for doing some "not nice things" on the interwebs. Even though we had always heard stories about hackers (which we weren't) getting picked up by the feds for this or that, we always assumed after they pick you up, you get to cry to your parents about it and hear from your lawyer a few hours later. NOT TRUE.
When my house got raided by the Secret Service I was immediately handcuffed with that plastic zip tieband thing, and tossed into a Suburban-like vehicle, scared shitless, then whisked away to some federal "building" aka temp holding area for about 2 days of questioning. During those 2 days, I was NOT allowed to speak or see my parents. I was NOT allowed to see or speak to a lawyer. I went through what seemed like hours and hours of repeated interrogations by different feds asking the same questions over and over and over again. Hands down, scariest moment in my life to date.
Now mind you, I was very much underage. I was not a threat at all, and they kept saying so themselves! And I was also scared so shitless and so shocked that I could hardly talk for the first few hours. During all of this, my parents were told that I was a "threat to national security, therefore all of my rights were waived". Even though the stuff we did had NOTHING to do with that national security bullshit. So yeah, if you think this shit can't happen to you, you're so wrong, and if you think they may discriminate and treat you differently, you're wrong again. Age has zero bearing with these things.
I definitely feel for the kid that's being held, and for his family too. I'm sure its rough as hell and frustrating too. I can't even begin to imagine how traumatized that kid will be for life from all of this. I went through it for 2 days, this kid has been in it for months.. shit.
There's probably no way what I had done would ever fall even near to what the Patriot Act is for, but for anyone who thinks that this stuff is just starting to happen now, well you're dead wrong, as its been going on for a very long time now, you just rarely hear about it.
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