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I did read the whole thread and I just read the published transcripts.

He does not say that he is going to sell stolen information.

He does remark on irc that the information is valuable and could be sold or used for a phishing operation, but that is an observation of reality, and can not be taken as a statement of intent without some other evidence showing that he was likely to pursue that course of action, and given that he then handed the list to gawker it would seem that this was not his intent, though the possibility had obviously crossed his mind.

To consider the possibility of indulging in criminal behaviour is not the same as planning to do so.



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