“Since the info was gotten illegally, I guess these crooks can’t be prosecuted?”
In this type of case, where much worse crimes than distribution of the information occurred, the whistleblower (I believe this was an inside job myself) is absolved, and the guilty prosecuted. At least here in the US. Besides, all of this came from a publicly funded institution, and should have been accessible under FOIA laws over there. I understand a flood of new requests were made yesterday. ;-)
We’ll see how it goes, but I’m guessing the guilty at CRU didn’t sleep too well last night.