Does anybody know how a State sponsored cyber unit work?

[The Backlash Cometh]

I can understand following the trail of known child porn sites. I can even understand catching someone on a webcam of an AOL site, which I assume, is a moderated community. But are police, or more to the point, their employees, digging into people's computers without search warrants to look for something they can hang someone with? Because, in my town which is goon-controlled, this is pretty scary stuff. Abuse of power is the norm around here. You just have to be a little different to get their attention. They want the populace stupid and blind. Anyone else is a potential threat.


A retired South Florida law-enforcement officer is behind bars today in Volusia County after he was accused of soliciting an undercover detective online to perform sex acts on a child, officials said.

Investigators with the Attorney General's Cyber Crime Unit said 64-year-old Thomas Winters, of DeBary, thought he was chatting online with a parent while that person's 7-year-old daughter watched over a webcam.

"Winters exposed himself over a webcam and solicited the 'parent' of the child to engage in similar sexual activities with the 'child,'" officials with the Attorney General's Office said.

Authorities obtained a search warrant and seized computers and digital storage media from his home. Forensic detectives will review the items and extract additional images and other information for evidence in the case.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/crime/os-retired-cop-children-internet-sex-20101123,0,2382264.story