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In reply to the discussion: Why Are They Treating Tr**p With Kid Gloves..... [View all]Kaleva
(40,366 posts)The FBI then had a SWAT Team to break into Martin's home and arrest him at gun point but that was because the FBI thought he was the source of the Shadow Brokers theft.
"While attempting to trace the source of the Shadow Brokers leak in the summer of 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was alerted by the NSA to an internet post made by Martin, who allegedly communicated via the Twitter account @HAL_999999999.[23][24][25] Martin used Twitter to contact Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cyber-security firm, which in turn alerted the National Security Agency.[26][27] The FBI originally believed Martin to be the source of the Shadow Brokers thefts of NSA hacking tools, and used the information provided by Kaspersky researchers to execute a search warrant on Martin's modest residence in suburban Glen Burnie, Maryland, deploying a SWAT team, setting up roadblocks, breaking down the front door with a battering ram, and deploying flash bangs inside the house before removing Martin at gunpoint.[26][28] Instead, the FBI and Maryland State Police reported discovering over 50 terabytes of classified data within the residence, in an unlocked shed, and within Martin's personal vehicle.[29][30][31]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_T._Martin
As for TFG, it was the National Archives which referred the matter of the missing files to the DOJ which in turn directed the FBI to obtain a search warrant and recover the files.