"The Office of Inspector General does not engage in the collection of student loans. Our mission is to conduct criminal investigations related to the programs and operations of the U.S. Department of Education, which include the student financial aid programs. We can confirm that we executed a search warrant at the residence, however our policy is not to discuss details of our on-going work."Most likely this is about fraud, not someone's defaulted loans. I would expect a more responsible article from Malkin's site.
Let’s assume you are correct, and the DOE decided to swear out a criminal warrant for fraud against this woman. It is more likely than not that the ‘fraud’ is related to her non-payment of student loans.
In your opinion, does such a fraud warrant signed not by a judge, but by an unelected official of the executive branch of our government, justify a ‘no-knock’ SWAT raid at 6:30 am at a house in which the subject of the warrant does not reside? Does it justify handcuffing and detaining a non-violent, non-resisting person who is NOT the subject of the warrant?
Even if it were a criminal fraud case, there is no excuse for sending a jack-booted group of goons called a “SWAT Team” to kick in a door and do who-knows-what else.
The Mafia and Guido-The-Collector look humane compared to this.
Even still, a SWAT team for fraud?
Yeah, you can use a machine gun to cut a piece of paper in half, but a pair of scissors will do the trick, too.