Kim Dotcom Raid - What Really Happened

chill writes "People have been discussing the raid on the Dotcom mansion for months, but now more details and video footage of that morning have begun to emerge from the trial. From the article: 'At 6.46am on January 20, the raid was underway. The helicopter carrying members of the elite special tactics group flew into the Coatesville home of Dotcom. "Ground units, Gates are open," someone says into the radio. Dotcom's pregnant wife their three children, some guests and about a dozen staff were also there. All is quiet below. Within seconds four armed members of the special tactics group ran towards the main door. The helicopter immediately took off. The main justification for using it at all was that Dotcom's security staff could have stopped police vehicles at the gates. But as the chopper flew out, ground forces were already arriving just seconds behind.'"

They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

On Bernie Madoff.

But who really robbed people for tens of millions?

Good thing they launched an aggressive assault

[Anonymous Coward]

I mean, such a violent guy.... he's like a terrorist. His children could have been at the windows with their ak-47s.

Too much for such an intervention

[L3sT4T]

Is it me or that was the type of raid that could/might have been used to capture Osama Bin Laden ?

Nothing of interest ever happens here in NZ.

[Anonymous Coward]

Kiwis are bored and feel left out, especially the NZ media which desperately craves big time American-style action and excitement.

So, everyone who does anything online is a 1337 h4x0r genius ubercrim preparing to hold the world to a Bond villain-like ransom.

Every 12-year-old kid of Asian descent who gets picked up shoplifting sweets is a Triad boss.

Anyone who breaks any law is a "cunning and daring" master criminal, which is why the NZ police haven't yet captured them/which is why the NZ police are so amazing for capturing them.

The NZ government, like some 14-year-old emo kid, is desperate to be noticed by big, powerful grown-up governments, and so will comply with any demands if it means an opportunity to be seen with somebody who may have been on the cover of Time magazine.

It's all simply the inevitable consequence of living in a tiny country at the bottom of the world, forgotten by everyone else.

Re:Several reasons come to mind...

[sdguero]

When they pushed the three strikes law through without oversight because of the earthquake... Man that pissed me off. And I live in California.

Re:Several reasons come to mind...

[dbIII]

IMHO it required one policeman to wait outside until Kim Dotcom went out for milk to say "you're nicked sunshine".

Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle

[ppanon]

Apparently, a bunch of the seed capital for Bain capital came from families that either directly and/or through ARENA, the El Salvador right wing political party, supported the death squads in that country in the 80's. So saying he doesn't care for the little guy is understating it. He was handling the money of people who had the little guys shot and killed in the middle of the night. [digitaljournal.com]

Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle

[ccguy]

Blame myself for placing all the eggs in one basket and thinking that a investment fund cannot go bust. Don't you have Past performance is not guarantee of future results. standard disclaimer over there?

Are you kidding me? That disclaimer doesn't say anything like "having honest management in the past is not guarantee of future management".