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Re: Rusty and Eddie BBS - raided by FBI

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From: Joe Zitt
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1993 02:02
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In article <1993Feb2.151339.17482@tic.com> parish@cactus.org (Tom Parish) writes:
>Well - it finally happened. Rusty and Eddie's board was hit by the
>FBI.  We talked about this board at the Sysop Legal Conference on Sunday.
>R&E's board located in Boardman, Ohio, has allegedly been illegally
>distributing copyrighted software programs. Seized in the raid
>were computers, hard disk drives and telecommunications equipment,
>as well as financial and subscriber records.

Maybe I'm being unduly paranoid, but is it strictly coincidental that this
happened right after someone mentioned the board and its activities by name
in significant detail at a public forum which may well have had one or more
spooks in attendance?
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From: joe@dogface.austin.tx.us (Joe Zitt)
Subject: Re: Rusty and Eddie BBS - raided by FBI
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