You are going to make PMs public or give it to the police?
I will give them to the police if the police ask for them. Otherwise, I may post them publicly to help people find Pirate and obtain justice.
Pirates are hostis humani generis.
I'm not going to preserve the privacy of someone who stole 500,000 BTC.But you will violate the privacy of people who sent messages to him.
Hmm. I wonder if the shills were a little be more candid about being shills when talking with the ringleader?
theymos' position makes a lot a sense to me. Respond to official requests if there are any law enforcement investigations, and if there are not, and if we are on a desert island, and JoelKatz has put it, release the information in such a way to help the depositors recover (which may be a full public release, or something more selective).