I don't have a problem with the way things turned out. An equally plausible scenario would be if the researchers had just surrendered to the Feds then we would

I don't have a problem with the way things turned out. An equally plausible scenario would be if the researchers had just surrendered to the Feds then we would have nothing until it was too late. The Feds like to squeeze - that's their job. It's why Congress usually takes care in limiting the scope of their activities. But had the researchers acted "reasonably", they'd probably be working in some basement a la Dan Akroyd's character in "Spies Like Us."