The now-famous story of Megan Meier, a 13-year-old Missouri girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages from what she considered an online MySpace friend, is a tragedy for her and her family. And the acts of an adult neighbor, Lori Drew, one of several people who reportedly concocted this supposed friend using fake names in their MySpace registration, were sleazy, if not despicable.
But the response of federal prosecutors in LA, who are hauling Drew halfway across America on criminal ...