Gary leaned back in his chair as Serrin leaned forward in his.

There were two main aspects of the LulzSec arrests the Feds needed to pull off for the takedown to work properly. First, it was imperative that they capture every suspect at the exact same time, even though they were all in different states and countries. They had to ensure that the hackers didn’t alert anyone else about their arrests, or the entir

There was no fate worse to him than losing control of what he had built.

he did it with such beauty and so adroitly that, to him at least, the very sin was absolved by the manner in which it was carried out.

The Silk Road wasn’t just a digital drug cartel. It was a highly lucrative start-up with a lot of optionality.

“I think a man is his own God and can decide for himself what’s right and wrong,” Ross said. “As a man, I decide for myself.”

The CEOs of these other start-ups were no different from Ross, either. They had all read the same Ayn Rand books. These chief executives shared the same quotes on Facebook as he did: “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” The leaders of these companies all preached the same verbiage as the Dread Pirate Roberts to

With these hints, and others, he searched through the list of incoming passengers arriving at O’Hare who fit his profile. Eventually he identified an inbound passenger who he believed would be smuggling the drug.

“I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age.”