[sneak]

The seeking of a (potentially plausible) search warrant by the state to silence a publisher that is publishing things the state doesn't want published is the issue here, not the relative merits of the search warrant itself.

The state was using this as retaliation, not to further the investigation of a crime. That's just the cover story. Even if they make the hacking charges stick, this isn't about hacking at all, it's about publishing.

It's astounding to me to see people regurgitating unsubstantiated cop claims with no evidence.

[colechristensen]

If she did do it, logged on to a work system after being fired to spam a communications system encouraging people to blow whistles... I guess I don’t really care if the motivation to prosecute is political. That’s a pretty clear cut case of a crime being committed.

The defense about the justification for the warrant being dubious is just false. Unless somebody wants to claim the evidence is fabricated, don’t go searching for “experts” to come up with nonsensical refutations.