Migrants to IJ, 2007

Maybe I'm missing something, but why didn't you go to the community's mod first about this? Mods are supposed to be the first line of defense against shenanigans like this, and they have the power to delete the offending post and ban the user if he/she/it keeps advocating illegal activities.

I agree with other posters that I wouldn't want the average LJ abuse staff member being able to see protected entries. Just because a person managed to wrangle a position on the abuse team doesn't mean they're good at the job or would be fair in enacting policy... and we all know what sort of sucktastic job the average paid LJ employee does, I wouldn't want to imagine some of the volunteers who manage to politick their way in. The old screenshots or it didn't happen rule would suffice for abuse reporting without volunteers needing access to all entries.