[tsomer]

Your post nails it. The problem is , we're being logical. There is no logic to this sort of thing.

"...the seriousness of the charge is so important..."

That's what the media will fix onto. They are desperate for a scandal, and they'll do their best with this. I'm expecting a 15 minute segment on "All Things Considered" tomorrow, calling this a "cyber-burglery," gravely intoning comparisons to Watergate.

I suppose that's why Hatch to the hatchet to that staffer.

[tsomer]

last line on previous post should read: "took the hatchet to the staffer."