[olefoo]

Not if he committed a crime (like receiving stolen property) because if it did, all criminal hackers would get press cards, or stash their data on computers owned by journalists and be able to conceal evidence of their crimes that way.

edited for specificity.

[jfoutz]

crackers?

Maybe i misunderstood this site's title.

[olefoo]

> crackers?

If you're going to be pedantic about it, sure.