Nicole Perlroth:

There is little question that law enforcement is facing new pressure to pursue any lead that could be related to trade-secret theft.

David Sanger:

Authorities arrested a Chinese professor as he landed Saturday at Los Angeles International Airport on his way to a conference, a move clearly meant to signal to China that the United States would now aim to capture and try those accused of perpetrating what the former head of the National Security Agency, Keith B. Alexander, often called "the greatest transfer of wealth in history."

Craig Murray:

In past mass expulsions, the British government has expelled 20 or 30 spies from the Russian Embassy in London. The Russians retaliated by expelling the same number of British diplomats from Moscow, all of whom were not spies! As a third of our "diplomats" in Russia are spies, this was not coincidence. This was deliberate to send the message that they knew precisely who the spies were, and they did not fear them.

The Economist:

Ross Ulbricht's harsh sentence is intended to serve as a warning to others. Don't expect it to have much effect.