Re: "The sentence for refusing to hand over his password was increased to 2½ years"
Well, maybe its not a good idea in general, but when you've: signed the OSA, are DV cleared, you've deliberately leaked top secret military info, travelled all round Europe with it to meet god knows who, boasted about posting it to foreign embassies, told the cops there's far more secret stuff on your laptop, but its encryped and im not giving you the key. I would argue its a perfectly fair request. Witholding the key could pose huge risks to the country, our infrastructure or military personnel. And he is clearly not sharing key out of spite alone. His behaviour is enormously reckless, has potentially very serious implications for national security and is entirely deliberate. This is not a bog standard request for a password and the guy was DV cleared, he has a clear moral and legal obligation to provide it. His sentence should be tripled unless he shares it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
