John Gilmore explains why spying for "the right reasons" is still wrong

Innocent citizens go to prison all the time, from neighborhood
blacks to medical marijuana gardeners to Tommy Chong and Martha
Stewart

Civil rights and drug stuff (which I suppose falls under that civil rights banner) I expect the EFF to support. But I’m a little confused where its interest is in defending insider trading.

Does it think Stewart was set up, or just has some fundamental objection, like “any investment, throwing your support behind a company, is a type of speech, and should be protected?”

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