OK, now let's get some things straight here:
a.) Miranda did not 'hack' into anything, as the definition of 'hacking' is generally understood. He took advantage of a security hole in the server, which gave him access to the 'Rat files.
b.) Miranda in turn discovered that 'Rats were busy at work launching all sorts of unethical and possibly illegal plans to block the judicial nominees of the Bush Administration. At this point, any possible finding of wrongdoing on the part of Miranda is overshadowed by the larger issue of 'Rats corrupting the nomination process for judges.
c.) Miranda WAS shafted by Senator Orrin 'No-Balls' Hatch, who chose to focus on Miranda getting access to data on the 'Rats shenanigans, instead of properly putting the spotlight on the misdeeds of the Senate Democrats and their staffs.
d.) Miranda appears to have been shafted once again, and if AG Gonzales has a fraction of the integrity that everybody seems to think he has, he will go after the perpetrators of this conspiracy to deny a man an honest job. There's no excuse for it. Refer to the Biblical example of how King David, having riches, many wives, and everything he could want, chose to steal Bathsheba from Urriah the Hittite, and gave the orders to leave Urriah on the battlefield to face a certain death. The same principle is at work here: a group of powerful and wealthy people, who have all sorts of prestige and honor, have chosen to stick it to a guy who actually did NOTHING wrong, except to point out their own wrongdoing.
They're gonna pay. One way or the other, they'll pay.
You put it so much better than I did---
I was so very upset about this when it happened, but it seems that even Fox News just ignored the ramifications of the way the it was handled just get swept under the rug---
If you rememeber the dems didn't just use unethical ways to obstruct judiciary nominees and such---they actually coordinated the obstruction in order to facilitate the timing of the "affirmative action" case before the Supreme Court---I can't remember the names of the players, but I thought it should have been "looked into" much more vigourously, BUT
Ole Orrin Hatch steps in with Lindsay Graham and on C-span actually apologizes for what "happened to the democrats", puhllllllleeeze--
And anyone that doesn't think that this episode has anything to do with the cockiness of the dems when it comes to obstructing Bush's judicial nominees, is blind!!!
> Miranda did not 'hack' into anything, as the definition of 'hacking' is generally understood.
The MSM conveniently feigns ignorance of anything high tech.
> He took advantage of a security hole in the server, which gave him access to the 'Rat files.
Wandering into a place labeled No Republicans Allowed would be quickly thrown out.
The legal question is whether a political entity is entitled to a proprietary claim on its data on a government owned server.