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The public servants responsible for the case against Aaron Swartz as of July 2011:
U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz
Special Agent in Charge Steven D. Ricciardi
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen P. Heymann
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott L. Garland
Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas
The U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force
The Cambridge Police Department
The MIT Police Department
May they be remembered.
--Teresa Nielsen Hayden
This is from the discussion I mentioned as "more links"-- I probably should have said something about how thorough it is.
White House petition re: Carmen Ortiz. Surprisingly popular after just a few hours.
The petition has gone over 25K.
Wonder if they'll let it run or kill it early.
I doubt they'll kill it before new signatures start to drop off.
Petition to fire Stephen Heymann
Why would you compile a list like this?
I didn't compile it, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (probably) did.
I promulgated it because I want there to be some social costs for disproportionate prosecution.
What social cost is that? How do you infer how much of it, if any, has been assessed?
Is this actually an effective method?
Well, the petition to have Carmen Ortiz removed from her position has gathered more than the required 25,000 signatures to be reviewed by the administration, in under four days. It's unlikely to result in her removal, but neither is it an auspicious sign for her career.
It won't result in her resignation. However, it's also important to kill her political aspirations.
Achievement unlocked. "U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz is fighting to hold on to her job, and to avoid an embarrassing grilling in Congress and possible professional disciplinary proceedings. Her prospects look grim."
(I am giggling at this and depressed that Aaron can't see it and laugh and laugh.)
This has nothing to do with posting a list of people alleged to be responsible to a discussion thread here.
I would argue otherwise. I personally signed the petition as a result of finding out about it on this page, as well as the similar petition for Steve Heymann, and if I'm ever in a position as a voter to influence the careers of other members of the list, their part in the proceedings would certainly be of interest to me.
The petitions were not linked in the original comment. I am not, in this thread, discussing the petitions. That is why I did not reply to the comments that link to the petition. I want to know the rationale behind promulgating (as it were) the aforementioned list.
Well, even if it's only very slightly effective in incurring a social cost on the involved parties via informing people whose political careers to keep an eye on, it's certainly unlikely to be less effective than not posting such a list, all else being equal.