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http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-tom-brady-jersey , due apparently to a stew of political attitudes and ideas that see fairly-and-squarely-accumulated wealth as a target for quick-and-easy redistribution. But billionaires still have rights, even if our new resent-the-rich vibe also includes making faces at legal arguments made by lawyers the rich can afford.Patriots owner Robert Kraft currently faces a legal problem that, but for his social and financial status, would be regarded by most reasonable people as deeply troubling. Regardless of whether he did or didn’t solicit prostitution prior to receiving massages on back-to-back days in January, the government saw fit to hide cameras in extremely private areas for the purposes of catching him in the act of something that may not have been solicited in advance.Karol Marowicz of the takes a closer look at the dynamics that resulted in the “sneak-and-peek” surveillance operation, following by a plead-guilty-or-we’ll-release-the-video strategy that in any other context would amount to extortion. But for trumped-up at best and falsified at worst concerns regarding human trafficking, it would have been difficult if not impossible to secure a search warrant. Although prosecutors have since admitted that don’t actually have evidence of human trafficking in Kraft’s case, the video still exists and the charges still stand.As explained over the weekend by Marc Freeman of the , authorities in Florida have used this tactic in the past. But they’ve rarely if ever taken on someone with the resources and the incentive to fight the charges tooth and nail. Kraft, who needs an exoneration in order to have any shot at not being suspended by the NFL (even with exoneration, a suspension may be inevitable), has launched the kind of defense that rarely happens when charges are filed and a guilty plea is quickly and quietly harvested.Freeman points out that, on two prior occasions (in 2007 and 2014) Brandon Bolden Jersey , law-enforcement officials installed cameras in Boca Raton massage parlors. Only one defendant filed a challenge to the “sneak-and-peek” warrant, and prosecutors dropped the charges against that person before there ever was even a hearing on the issue.In this case, prosecutors can’t cut and run, due to the intense public scrutiny that surely would follow. Instead, they need to keep pushing for some sort of deal, with the leverage being the ever-present threat of public humiliation from the release of a video that, given the lack of evidence of human trafficking, arguably never should have been created.Even with the video, the prosecutions case lacks any proof of actual solicitation. The absence of such evidence continues to be the biggest factual flaw in Kraft’s case, especially if the alleged prostitute refuses to testify that money was promised for sex.Regardless, the fact that Kraft is rich, famous, and powerful shouldn’t cloud the fact that Florida has a habit of invading privacy and harvesting guilty pleas before ever being held accountable. Although Kraft surely isn’t doing this to end the practice of “sneak-and-peek” surveillance in Florida Womens Dont'a Hightower Jersey , the fight to defend himself has an incidental benefit to anyone whose privacy rights may be violated in the future — especially for those who were simply getting a massage but who ended up having the entire incident viewed and scrutinized by police. Tom Brady had no reason to believe Ben Roethlisberger's injury last week would keep him out of Sunday's game against the New England Patriots. And it won't.The Pittsburgh quarterback injured his ribs in the loss at Oakland, left the game but returned in the fourth quarter and threw his second touchdown pass of the game. He drove his team to a tying field goal try that failed when kicker Chris Boswell slipped -- and the Steelers lost their third straight."He's as tough as they come," Brady said Friday ahead of their matchup at Heinz Field. "I remember there was one game he didn't start because of his foot and then the guy got hurt. Ben came in, as a backup, and he threw for 300 or something like that. Some ridiculous stat."He's just tough, been a great quarterback in the league for a long time, knows the game. He's just a great competitor and he's always got those guys going."Asked what he's observed from watching Roethlisberger through the years, Brady said, "He's got such a unique style. He's just an incredible player. Prolific passer, great accurate passer, they just had incredible passing offenses."His style is very different. He's just big, stands in the pocket, has great presence. He's not really a runner http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-jonathan-jones-jersey , but he extends a lot plays and makes huge plays for their team. It's hard to stop. Any time you play a guy like that, it's up to us to really execute our offense and score as many points as we can."Brady has had the upper hand in his career against the Steelers, going 8-2 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs. But the two losses have both come at Heinz, where Pittsburgh is always tough. The Patriots, with a 3-4 road record, are coming off the shocking last-second loss at Miami."Going on the road is always challenging in the NFL," Brady said. "You're playing good teams and there's a lot of tough road environments. It's always sellouts and if we don't play well, it really gets the crowd into it. It's a great environment too when you can go to a stadium and play well and kind of keep the crowd quiet. It's a great feeling."It's a hard thing to do there. A lot of these games come down to the wire and we're expecting a 60-minute game."Brady is 6-2 at Heinz but has won his last two times there, with scores of 27-16 and 27-24. He's won his last five against the Steelers, counting postseason.Another week means more potential milestones for Brady and his team. Brady enters the game needing 141 yards passing to become the fourth quarterback in NFL history to throw for 70,000 regular-season yards. He is 300 yards shy of his 10th 3,000-yard season.The Patriots seek to clinch their 10th straight AFC East title (18th in 25 years of Robert Kraft ownership). They need a win and a Miami loss to clinch.However, Kansas City's last-second loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night opened the door for the Patriots to have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the conference."I think we just worry about Rex Burkhead Jersey , honestly, what we can control and that's just us playing," noted Brady, who said he went to sleep before Thursday's game. "Coach (Bill Belichick) has always said, 'It's not where we play, it's how we play.' We've got to just take care of business on our end."So, this is a big one, this is a tough one and we're going to have to play really well."