Steve Jackson

On this day in 1990, Steve Jackson Games was raided by the US Secret Service, basically because someone at SJG knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who may have been an illegal hacker. The SS--Secret Service, that is, not the Nazi one--kept files and computer equipment and didn't even divulge the reason for the raid until October 21, more than six months later. SJG came close to going out of business, but managed to survive and eventually proved in court that the government is both a sinister conspiracy of power-mad oppressors and a bunch of incompetent ham-fisted buffoons at the same time. So stop by Warehouse 23 and buy something to support Steve Jackson. Fnord.