hanlong admitted openly to me (when he told me everything about what he/TC had done, as to not implicate the many other innocent LaF'ers) that the primary intention was to gather intel to help LaF & Co's planning.

the trolls, for some reason, seized on the "OMG LAF'S COUNTRIES AREN'T LEGIT!!!!!" side of the argument, however having all that intel is far better than being able to make another breaker or two, IMO. Hanlong claimed he never did any updates or inserts, only selects as he thought the account was read only. Make your own call there, but I don't believe there was a major problem outside of Hanlong+TC reading info; we would have found it in the accounting. At the same time, though, the dividends from having that info really harmed several alliances and propelled a few others to great heights. That's the biggest shame about the whole thing, IMO...

And... ya... no one come back and call that spin because it came from the guy who did it and I'm pretty sure i've posted this several times in the past :p