Those Americans Are At It Again

You've probably seen the headlines from major news services where the FBI shut down three "illegal" internet poker sites yesterday and stated that they were committing bank fraud and money laundering.
For those who didn't actually read the stories, here's what happened.
All the FBI has actually accomplished is to arrest three US Citizens and to seize five internet domain names.  The sites are still up and running for the rest of the world.
As for the rest of the story: