http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=33652&tag=wrapper;col1
Police raided the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen late Friday, busting down the door to serve a search warrant that suggests that the site’s role in obtaining an iPhone prototype is being investigated as a felony, according to a post and documents published on the Gizmodo website.
Is the following a fair assessment of the legality of this action based on the scholars this website promotes?
If Apple or the employee had requested the return of their property, and Gizmodo refused. Then the raid was ethical.
If however, Apple nor the employee sought help from the cops. And the cops attacked the property of Gizmodo, then the cops have abused their authority.
I am focusing on the retreival of stolen property when someone openly admitted to obtaining Apple’s property. Basing this on page 58, the Property and Criminality chapter of Ethics of Liberty