[jmstein7]

The interest in protecting the people from the corruption of public officials outweighs the interest of public official in covering their butts.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Bttt

[ODDITHER]

Let's say I work with someone that I suspect is doing something illegal but I don't have any proof. I decide to break into their office and hack their computer to get the goods on them. I then turn that information over to the press (not the police or my employer) but the press. The evidence gathering doesn't justify my breaking and entering.

That doesn't make the person that is doing something illegal - innocent or should the evidence found be ignored, but it does seem to me that I should be held accountable for breaking and entering.