Rich, I'm not sure if you're a pilot or not. Regardless, you should realize that any airborne aircraft "shares" the skies with other aircraft around them. There are rules, regulations and practices that are "written in blood" due to past accidents and incidents. Just like many other professions, when a pilot gains a pilot license, he agrees to read, understand and abide by those rules, regulations and practices. When they don't, they are endangering themselves and anyone around them affected. Otherwise, by your logic, if I decide to drive the wrong way down s one way road at night, with no headlights, I'm merely "doing my own thing" and should be held unaccountable for any accidents or deaths I cause. It's "apples and apples." He flew into restricted areas and also during a time when any flight itself was prohibited. He endangered others with his incompetence and is lucky nothing really bad happened. Ask any pilot, his infractions are very serious.