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Originally Posted by GlennD
... I would guess the police assumed the same thing I did - Chen opened the phone and wrote the article, so he was probably the one that received the stolen phone in the first place. Regardless, Chen received stolen property (under california law) whether he was the individual who paid for it or not.
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Some may argue that "police assumed" is not enough justification to break down a reporter's home front door and take away his and his wife's personal property.
Quoting a snippet of "California law" doesn't really tell a full story, and can be often misleading. CA law has all sorts of things in it, including unenforceable stuff like the recently repealed
archaic directive to "conduct research into the causes and potential cures of homosexuality," which it classified as deviant behavior.
I suppose we'll have to wait find out if the G4 is indeed viewed as "stolen," and how it will affect Gizmodo and Apple.
In any event, as I said earlier, I am a little surprised a warrant was issued in the first place and at such a late date, but more surprised at the method of execution.