> Tom Perkins [...] wrote a letter about it [...] And the Wall Street Journal published it.

Until a few years ago, Perkins was on the board of directors of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, which owns the WSJ... Probably still a big stock holder.

Perkins retired from the board after the wiretapping scandal. See here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/09/02/jim-bre...

So, no surprise WSJ published this $hit.