We're talking about a potential new Apple product here, not Watergate. Were the guards justified in assaulting the reporter? Absolutely not. Did the reporter

We're talking about a potential new Apple product here, not Watergate. Were the guards justified in assaulting the reporter? Absolutely not. Did the reporter have reason to suspect that the guards might frown on that kind of behavior? Yes. My point isn't to say that the reporter was necessarily doing anything wrong or the guards were correct. My point is that this is hardly an international incident that has much implication for Apple or any of the other named corporations.