Milo's Final Broadcast - Conclusive
Though I enjoyed and applauded this film, there is one aspect that still bothers me.
After watching that anti-NURV broadcast near the end, I still found it difficult to believe that the FBI could get an immediate warrant to arrest Gary Winston and/or search his house.
Yes, the assertions in the broadcast were probably true. However, would that broadcast, as evidence, be conclusive enough to even get a search warrant? (within that very night, I might add.) Maybe I'm a pessimist, but I would be more inclined to think that many judges in town would see it as a cyber-prank.
I see three possible reasons for this immediate response.
1) Hollywood. They've got a reputation for attempting to minimize or ignore excess (aspects of the film that may raise additional questions) and, in general, audiences seem to play along. In this case, it would be a classic example. We do not really wonder how the FBI got there so fast, as we want to see the hero beat the bad guys and restore justice or whatever.
2) The FBI threw their Constitutional limits to the wind and just went right in, believing the popular support for such a move would allow them to convict Gary even with the constitutional violations performed.
3) Messages transmit through the mainstream media are given a rather arbitrary degree of authenticity, and a large number of judges were using their cell phone or watching TV at the time (it would only take one of those to give a warrant)