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Batman: You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can do those things. Because I'm not a hero, not like Dent. I killed those people. That's what I can be.

Lt. James Gordon: No, no, you can't! You're not! Batman: I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.

[cut to Gordon at Dent's funeral]

Lt. James Gordon: A hero. Not the hero we deserved but the hero we needed. Nothing less than a knight. Shining.

[Gordon is shown on top of Gotham Central. An axe is in his hand. He is being watched by an assortment of reporters and police officers. The next lines are heard in voiceover]

Lt. James Gordon: They'll hunt you.

Batman: You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me.

No, it was publicly accessible information from a public-facing website.

Since when was that a defence?

You circumvented COMPUTER SECURITY on a GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. This is how the judge will see it.

tell that to weev

no, as I understand, that part alone would be a misdemeanor (and therefore, unlikely to be worth pursuing) under the CFAA. the alleged intent to sell/defraud is what made it a potential felony.