google = hypocrite?

well, my blog might be shut down since google owns blogger.

but like a lot of people, I am wondering how google "managed to gain access to a computer in Taiwan that it suspected of being the source of the attacks" (from the Times). Did they hack this server in Taiwan? If so, aren't they doing exactly the same thing that the alleged chinese hackers were doing? Last time I checked, being a large corporation doesn't give you the right to break the laws .... well, unless it is a company run by Dick Cheney, but I digress.