If they want to get a crowdsource campaign going, better to do it ASAP so they can cash in on the general public's feeling about the shutdown and arrests (and b

If they want to get a crowdsource campaign going, better to do it ASAP so they can cash in on the general public's feeling about the shutdown and arrests (and before everyone forgets). Similar to how the heartbleed bug caused a major donation drive to the ssl project shortly after it happened.