"Patriot Act Raid" Followup

Many commentors here on Hit and Run were quite skeptical of the veracity of an account of a Times Square restaurant raid allegedly under the aegis of the Patriot Act that I linked to in this entry. Over on the Lone Wacko blog is a more thorough followup that, while not settling the matter, leans toward the conclusion that the event did occur, though it may have been more an old-fashioned immigration raid than a specifically Patriot Act excess.