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I think this is not the hill you want to die on. Everything points to this guy being guilty and the court of public perception would not be on your side. Though

• Simon_says 9y ago
  > Though it does seem possible that they are using this case to set a precedent for future, less clear-cut cases. Possible? Try exceedingly likely. That's why it should be fought here, with an unpopular defendant.
• toast0 9y ago
  The problem with not choosing this hill is that the hills that need defending are exactly the ones you wouldn't choose. If this guy didn't appear to be in the wrong, the government wouldn't spend their time trying to unlawfully compel him to decrypt the drive. If white supremacists had something nice to say, people wouldn't want the government to unlawfully silence them. It doesn't feel good to protect the rights of suspected child pornographers, or white supremacists; but consider that we don't want a government empowered to unlawfully persecute those who do or say things we find morally repugnant because what the majority finds morally repugnant changes over time, but fundamental rights shouldn't.