It was a polite and reasonable post. I think it's cool that he did that, and what he said makes sense. Now I guess I'm an assistant attorney apologist apologist....

While the message used polite words, its implications and usage was not polite, especially in the context of threats made to Adam Ciralsky, a 60 Minutes reporter re a subpoena for his notes if the reporter continued to ask questions about the upcoming trial, and especially not in its implications for other cypherpunks who might be interested in talking to the press - or on the list - regarding CJ, JB, or AP. (see <http://cryptome.org/jdb- doj-cbs.htm>) The message is clear - if you monkey around with this stuff, expect to be dragged across the country a few times on short notice, threatened with perjury or other charges, and otherwise intimidated and inconvenienced until you stop thinking and talking about feds who get promotions and publicity by prosecuting an itinerant musician/author living out of his pickup truck and a 40-year old man who still lives with his parents and plays with stink bombs.