&gt; until the DOJ requested documents that violated his own political leanings, he was compliant with other DOJ requests.<p>And that&#x27;s his mistake. He should not have cared at all about <i>which</i> users the DOJ wanted info about, he should have realized that if he was capable of complying with their demands at all that his system should be fixed rather than kept that way.<p>I can see how this happens though. Imagine your average TOR exit node operator. This person may have noble intentions and dreams about supporting dissidents. Then finds out the exit node is used to peddle all kinds of gore. The temptation to become involved in determining what is and what is not supported use of &#x27;your&#x27; exit node must be tremendously strong. Especially if some of that traffic is personally revolting, offensive or in some other way against your own personal philosophies.<p>So Levison may have thought that doing his bit, aiding the DOJ and purposefully having these holes was a net positive for society. But looking back I think he&#x27;d be the first to agree that that was a very bad mistake.