How not to handle cyber suspects

Military officers

US military officers reportedly have attended hackers’ conventions in search of recruits. An air force colonel reportedly found “about 60” suitable for enlistment. It’s unclear what followed.

Anyway, the moment the British found Mr McKinnon, some US authority should have said, “damn the regulations” and embraced the late US President Lyndon B. Johnson’s saying of an official he wanted out, “It is probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.” Now all the US military and space establishments have accomplished is to embarrass itself.