Instead, he spent several hours siphoning the documents afterwards Do we know how he accessed the documents? Did he crawl the directory with a login or without

Instead, he spent several hours siphoning the documents afterwards Do we know how he accessed the documents? Did he crawl the directory with a login or without a login (meaning the directory is not protected)? And why would he share such document with his fellow writer? What for? The fact that a judge can't comprehend technical explanation according to the article seems to be the main issue here. Was he given a fair hearing?