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Web Entrapment

Frightening sting operation by the FBI.  They posted links to supposed 
child porn videos on boards frequented by those types, and obtained 
search warrants based on access attempts.

This seems like incredibly flimsy evidence.  Someone could post the link
as an embedded image, or send out e-mail with the link embedded, and 
completely mess with the FBI's data -- and the poor innocents' lives. 
Such are the problems when the mere clicking on a link is justification 
for a warrant.

http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html?tag=nefd.pop
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/03/20/2323247.shtml
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080323-rick-rolled-to-child-porn-youre-a-pedophile-says-fbi.html 
or http://tinyurl.com/2ffhs2