This quote was not about the reporter or the news outlet. Michael McSwain was the FBI agent in charge of the case, and the reporting seems to suggest that having 'subversion' in Sergey's Web history was a component of building probable cause.
On a serious note, I guess the modern lesson is names are used by idiots to attack us so pick your project names carefully.
sudo cp /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/patriot
... of course that is likely not enough, as all the porcelain still says "git". ;)