And the Shin Bet gave Haaretz the rope with which to hang it by requesting a gag order in order to give Blau more time to do the right thing - in spite of the fact that he had already demonstrated his bad faith and flagrant contempt for the law.
But Morningstar and other research firms caution that anyone planning to hang on to Facebook for a longer duration might want to step back from that frenzy and give the deal some thought.