
Realpolitik
It seems to me that regardless of whether or not they support what's happening in (or to) Libya, a whole bunch of Reg readers would be interested in knowing more about how the network was hijacked, and by whom. This being a techy kind of website and all.
The article isn't a celebration of a criminal act. It's reporting on something that happened, with direct input from one of the key people involved, correcting errors that have been published elsewhere.
That's called journalism, and I for one am glad to see it here.
The lawyers can argue about the legality of the acts reported upon later, if they want to.