I'd like to ask what the public cost has been (and which continues to accumulate) for this line of pursuit.  Both in outright expense, and in allocation of limited resources (thereby removing them from performing other work, pursuing other leads, etc).<p>Of course, the personal cost to the Twitterer has been extreme and will likely continue to accrue at a rate difficult to match against the resources the State can (wastefully) afford to invest -- afford at least for the moment, until its stupidity overwhelms even it.<p>(The caveat being that in democracies, the State and those resources are (purportedly) ours.  Just blaming "the State" ignores our own culpability.  If you don't like it, vote them out.  If you don't know for whom to vote, inform yourself.  If you don't like any of the choices, run,)