The mysterious case of the missing iPhone is moving faster than ! (Oh, Lucy! Will you ever learn?)

The knees of journalists and First Amendment-fan-fiction writers were exercised heavily this week as they jerked reflexively to the defense of gadget blog Gizmodo. Few jerked harder and with less understanding of the issues than . Over and over again, Wu complains that Gizmodo, the publishers of the information about the iPhone prototype, should not be punished. Not once does he say what should be done about Gizmodo, the purchasers of allegedly stolen property.

And that's the Macalope's problem with the reading of the situation by every single supporter of Gizmodo, including the . As he of the brown fur , he was not aware that journalists are holy, celestial creatures to whom our earthly laws do not apply. If this really how our legal system works, then there seems to be a terrible loophole for anyone who sticks an index card that says "PRESS" into his or her fedora.

Now Wired has who says he's really, really sorry he never really tried to return the iPhone to Apple, but he likes orphans and kittens and