Eh, do we all <i>really</i> believe the judge on that one? Sure, if he had claimed ownership, then the unreasonable search objection wouldn&#x27;t have fallen on <i>that</i> point. Except, she eventually would have found some <i>other</i> reason why all FBI activities constituted &quot;reasonable&quot; search. Conviction rate in federal court is over 90%, and for many of those cases only the prosecutor assigned even gives a shit. <i>Everybody</i> in the federal system, FBI, prosecutors, judges, etc. wanted this guy&#x27;s head on their wall, so no legal argument was going to keep him out of FPMITAP. Ross was fucked from the moment the beast knew his name.<p>For future projects like Silk Road, a basic part of the security plan will be to set up Ross look-alikes to take the fall, because USA-Justice is not something you can just design around. Once the beast has a scent, it <i>will</i> be fed, by someone.