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Max Vision: FBI pawn?
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2001-05-08

FBI agents called him 'the Equalizer': a security expert and confessed hacker who infiltrated the electronic underground to help the Bureau. When he drew the line at bugging a friend, they threw the book at him.

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Freedom? 2001-05-14
Not me
Don't forget, he had worked VOLUNTARILY with the FBI prior to this whole smack-down. Yes, the FBI held a gun to his head to cooperate. Yes, the FBI practiced a nasty game of blackmail when Max decided to pull back, but look beyond the simple picture.

He was guilty of a punishable crime regardles...

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