Charles, I think this is another section of the story that stands out:

On Wednesday, I got an email from First Look asking me to Fedex the company my corporate laptop. I told them to tell me what is it worth and they can deduct it from what they owe me in expenses and vacation time. But what I love is that a company that opposes NSA spying apparently wants a “disgruntled” former employee’s laptop so they can see what’s on it.

Maybe he should send them a picture of components from a much older computer as proof that the laptop was “destroyed.”