It's not just DU. I was personally on a thread where somebody tried to post on FR the social security numbers and death certificate records of Atty Gen Gonzales' parents when there was the story going around that Gonzales' parents might have been illegal aliens.
That is awesome news about the indictment! I remember when PW announced they had caught somebody trying to compromise their system and that the FBI had arrested a suspect.
The hacker will probably claim his free speech rights are being infringed upon, and try to make himself look like some kind of heroic martyr.
Portraying oneself as a righteous rebel-martyr is the liberal way.