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David_Gerard comments on Farewell Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 January 2013 02:06:49PM *  14 points [-]

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.

Comment author: David_Gerard 13 January 2013 02:41:25PM 9 points [-]

White House petition re: Carmen Ortiz. Surprisingly popular after just a few hours.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 January 2013 07:01:54AM 2 points [-]

The petition has gone over 25K.

Comment author: David_Gerard 15 January 2013 08:07:57AM 0 points [-]

Wonder if they'll let it run or kill it early.

Comment author: Desrtopa 15 January 2013 02:45:30PM 1 point [-]

I doubt they'll kill it before new signatures start to drop off.