Yeah I usually lose my hacker(s) to government raids. The site doesn't build up heat so there's really no way of telling when a government raid is gonna happen...And they never take prisoners...
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Actually, I believe it is the publishing of the CIA files/Corporate Files that triggers raids by the CIA/Mercenaries. By not publishing those two items, raids would be avoided. Also, most raids are site-specific, so credit card fraud at the shelter then publishing at a different location would avoid the credit card heat raids.
Still, the CCS and Firemen usually bust your skulls in if they are in play. Of course, in standard mode, the CCS only comes into play if the player takes violent site action (not sure if non-violent site action triggers the CCS). So no site action means no CCS. And Firemen only enter play if freedom of speech hits Arch-Conservative, which tends not to happen unless you start in Nightmare mode (for two reasons: 1) certain issues, such as freedom of speech, are programmed not to go too far too easily, so generally the country has to be pretty Arch-Conservative before they revoke the freedom of speech; 2) in normal mode, neither the president, congress, or the Supreme Court are Arch-Conservative, so they all fight to keep free speech from going that way, and with most strategies, the government gets more liberal not conservative)
So, I can now see how this strategy would work! Congrats!