>During the subsequent summer and fall, Mac Isaac said he became alarmed after browsing through the computer's files. He claims he then spoke with an associate more versed than him in the law and in current events.

>That unnamed person then contacted the FBI, Mac Isaac said.

>Federal investigators from Wilmington and Baltimore then subpoenaed the laptop in December, Mac Isaac said.

>Shortly after, they called Mac Isaac asking him to assist them, technically, in viewing the files on the damaged hard drive, he said.

>Mac Isaac admitted that the request raised his own suspicion, given that the FBI has its own technical staff.

2. This doesn't seem like the kind of thing a reputable shop would be doing with someone's property (poking around inside, sending it to Giuliani). Could it have violated the law?

3. The stories tell what we already knew: Hunter tried to cash in on his dad, while living the loser life of an addict. Won't change my vote.