The threats actually accounted for 48 of the 63 months according to the EFF arti...

tptacek · on Feb 10, 2015

EFF's reporting appears to be contradicted by the (now public) sentencing memo. Orin Kerr analyzed it at length for WaPo a few days ago.

dsrguru · on Feb 10, 2015

Strange. Almost every article I'm finding echoes the EFF's statement about 48 months, but Judge Lindsay's own explanation of the sentencing is as Orin Kerr says. I wonder where that 48 figure came from.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp-cont...

throwawaykf05 · on Feb 10, 2015

I think you've simply stumbled upon another illustration of how modern "journalism" works :-)

What was that quote about a lie traveling halfway around the world before truth has its pants on?

This is not the first time the EFF has done this, by the way.

ryanlol · on Feb 10, 2015

To be honest, EFF isn't exactly the most reliable source on these things. They too are very very biased.