I would agree that this seems to have been more about ego and status than an example of journalistic integrity and responsible security research. That said, do

I would agree that this seems to have been more about ego and status than an example of journalistic integrity and responsible security research. That said, does the irresponsible disclosure of names attached to e-mail addresses justify what he's gone through, assuming a modicum of truth to his assertions of being denied a legal defense, gag orders, FBI raids, etc? In my personal opinion, his point that URL scraping is not in and of itself a crime is substantially true, and renders the subsequent raid unjustified. Whether that would render the drugs inadmissible or provide him any legal cover from that charge I certainly am not qualified to say. On that note - could anyone point me towards literature on 'gag orders' in the course of U.S. justice? I'd be curious to read on the history and justification for these.