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reply to post by kosmicjack
And I'm quite sure there are 1 percenters with private collections that go unharrassed by the government... - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
rival
Seizing the man's entire lot is unjustified.
Still, we don't really know what this stuff was...
Even if the man came by some of the articles by nefarious means
and it can be proven that they belong to someone else (read theft)
it still doesn't qualify ALL THE STUFF as being contraband.
We are slowly morphing the age old American paradigm of "Innocent
until proven guilty"...to the new age..."Guilty until proven innocent."
And the sad part is we are doing this to our own, vain, nosey-do-gooder,
holier-than-thou, selves
edit on 3-4-2014 by rival because: (no reason given)
Robert A. Jones, special agent in charge of the Indianapolis FBI office, would not say at a news conference specifically why the investigation was initiated, but he did say the FBI had information about Miller's collection and acted on it by deploying its art crime team.
Destinyone
reply to post by Daedalus
I don't have believe that he called them. That is what is in the article. I have my doubts.
Des
Daedalus
Destinyone
reply to post by Daedalus
I don't have believe that he called them. That is what is in the article. I have my doubts.
Des
yes, but why don't you believe he called them? what's the belief based on?
Destinyone
Daedalus
Destinyone
reply to post by Daedalus
I don't have believe that he called them. That is what is in the article. I have my doubts.
Des
yes, but why don't you believe he called them? what's the belief based on?
63 years of intuition. And no proof that he did so.
Des
JohnnyCanuck
reply to post by neo96
Comment withdrawn...sooner or later, someone will catch on to the fact that there are international treaties governing the traffic of antiquities.edit on 3-4-2014 by JohnnyCanuck because: (no reason given)
Somebody has to set the bar on the looting of antiquities, and given the easy indifference of some, I'd rather it be the FBI. It DOES matter to some people.
neo96
And ?
That are broken more often by their own government than people.
Daedalus
he called the FBI...they didn't raid his home...what is wrong with you people?