TechCrunch is going to publish some internal documents stolen from Twitter.

In the past, Midas Oracle has published many things that infuriated some prediction market players: Public facts wrapped up in our sarcastic commentaries. And we will do it again, to Russell Andersson’s despair. Would we publish internal documents stolen from a prediction exchange or a prediction market software provider or a prediction market consultant? We would never publish trade secrets on Midas Oracle –let alone stolen ones. We should stick with public factoids and open opinions protected by free-speech laws.

I am a bit disturbed by Michael Arrington’s stance.

Once those documents are all over the Internet, of course, the matter becomes a topic of discussion, and it could (or could not) become fair game for blogging. But that is a far cry from publishing stolen documents. Midas Oracle would not be “aiding and abetting“…

UPDATE: The Twitter docs…