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What to Do When the FBI Arrives at Your Door

By Les Weinstein, Michael Young, John Leo Wagner, Eric van Ginkel, and Victoria Pynchon

In light of the FBI's arrest of local blogger and alleged illegal streamer of copyrighted Guns and Roses music, Kevin Cogill, I thought it would be useful to the blogging community to direct it to tips on dealing with the FBI below:  

If an Agent Knocks:  Federal Investigators and Your Rights from the Center for Constitutional Rights. 

The Constitution.  That document containing the rights Presidents swear to protect and defend. That littletechnicality.  The Constitution.

Did I say Constitutional Rights?

Here's are the categories of advice.  Click on the Agent Knocks link above to connect to any of them.   

1. What is Political Intelligence?
2. Do I have to talk to the FBI?
3. Under what laws do the agents operate?
4. What federal agencies are likely to be interested in a citizen's political activities and affiliations?
5. How does the FBI learn about citizens and organizations?
6. What if I suspect surveillance?
7. How should I respond to threatening letters or calls?
8. What rights do I have?
9. What should I do if police, FBI, or other agents appear with an arrest or search warrant?
10. What should I do if agents come to question me?
11. If I don't cooperate, doesn't it look like I have something to hide?
12. Are there any circumstances under which it is advisable to cooperate with an FBI investigation?
13. How can grand juries make people go to jail?
14. Is there any way to prevent grand jury witnesses from going to jail?
15. What can lawyers do?
 

Full post as published by IP ADR Blog on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).