Cmon, Hawken, put the I-koolaid down. Given the above, and further, that the police did NOT have the right legally to search a reporters house. Your making one hell of a strawman defense.
Actually gizmodo made Jobs officially ask for it back - I think that was enough, pretty humbling for the company and a leg up for gizmodo. Apple soon after filed a report with the police, because of the phones intellectual property (this is not just any old police, it's the team that handle corporate espionage issues in…