[crispyambulance]

Yes, IMHO, this is very much about governor Mike Parson using the court system as a "weapon" against the reporter (or more likely the newspaper).

It actually doesn't matter that there's no way the prosecution will "win" nor does this have anything to do with caring about information security.

Folks are wasting their breath if they explain why "view source" isn't hacking. The prosecution DOESN'T EVEN CARE.

Hopefully the Post-Dispatch has the resources to aggressively retaliate and take a pound of flesh in return. The charges were likely brought simply because the newspaper is stretched thin and they're either being told to "shut-up" or the governor is trying to pull "a Peter Thiel style" maneuver for some past grievance.