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by BeetleB 1635 days ago
As mentioned in another thread, the lock analogy/trespassing analogy makes no sense here.

This is a case of A requesting something from B, and B giving A stuff they shouldn't have, and prosecuting A for noticing it.

At no point did the journalist go into anyone's property/territory. The site simply handed out the confidential stuff.