[emilnewton]

The ruling may be correct under the law, but that doesn't make it a good thing.

The Judge is a douchebag for referencing Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in his ruling. Franklin, Hamilton and Adams wrote pamphlets anonymously with the precise expectation that the content be public while the writer stay anonymous. Obviously I concede that an ink on paper pamphlet is not the same as a tweet.

Rulings like this will only push reputable critical speech of the US government further into less civil minded groups like Anonymous.

Must TOR, I2P and IRC be the domain of our modern day pamphleteers? The sad truth is, probably. The First Amendment hasn't truly protected free speech since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_S...

I guess those who prefer critical thought and freedom over security had better brush up on loathsome l33t speak.