I can totally believe that account. The people at Goldman were probably totally sincere in their belief that he had "stolen" their magic sauce when talking to

I can totally believe that account. The people at Goldman were probably totally sincere in their belief that he had "stolen" their magic sauce when talking to the FBI. These are presumably the same kind of people that think anything that's source code is some kind stuff that lays magical golden goose eggs, regardless of how trivial it is -- or even if it's open-source. IMHO there is a much bigger, broader problem with non-technical people in positions of influence (and even the general public!). It's this same kind of disconnect that leads to mountains of trivial patents being filed. (I can't even count how many times I've heard of an engineer being put in a situation where they're told they need to patent some of their work, regardless of whether the engineer(s) think it's worth doing.)