> MIT has insisted it maintained an appropriate, even compassionate, neutrality toward a determined hacker who stole 4.8 million articles and eluded numerous ef

> MIT has insisted it maintained an appropriate, even compassionate, neutrality toward a determined hacker who stole 4.8 million articles and eluded numerous efforts to stop him before the college sought help from police. The tone of this article is very defensive. "stole" vs. downloaded, both MIT and JSTOR didn't want to prosecute, yada yada.