I have no trouble believing that weev did those things and worse, and it is probably criminal behavior, and if so it should be punished. But that has nothing to

I have no trouble believing that weev did those things and worse, and it is probably criminal behavior, and if so it should be punished. But that has nothing to do with what the gov't. has just done. Just as defense atty's want sympathetic defendants, prosecutors are happy to exploit the unsympathetic response that most people have to learning about weev's behavior. If we let them do it to weev, we are inviting them to do it to anyone, including yourself. The gov't has just expanded its power to jail people for what ought to never have been chargeable, and given that power to companies like AT&T. As it stands now, any company with the means to do so can use the state to jail you under similar circumstances. Even if you are a nice guy who saves stranded kittens from trees.