January 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

G-Men close in on the Trump Crime Family Compound
by professor rat 04 Jan '22

04 Jan '22

We can just make out some smoke rising above the spotlights glare. Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr subpoenaed by NY attorney general. Trump and His Children Refuse to Be Deposed in Tax Dodging Investigation Going to the mattresses! - and the MyPillow Guy. The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts.

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Reminder of the NAP principle
by professor rat 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

Its sad to have to remind some deranged heathens about such basic scripture - my melancholy duty today. The NAP principle is one of the core beliefs nurtured on this site from its early primitive ancap beginnings in the primeval swamp. It reads as follows - and ought to be known off by heart by all self-described cypherpunks. " No libertarian shall harm or allow harm to come to any anarchist and they should be prepared to die first rather than harm or allow harm to come to any anarchist " See how easy that was! Carry on.

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CBP launches review of secretive division that targeted journalists, lawmakers and other Americans
by jim bell 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

https://news.yahoo.com/cbp-launches-review-secretive-division-that-targeted… U.S. Customs and Border Protection is conducting a review of a secretive division that uses some of the country’s most sensitive databases to investigate the t...

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Covid conspiracy theorists turn on climate change
by professor rat 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

Covid conspiracy theorists turn on climate change https://thetimes.co.uk/article/6f5eb76a-6c15-11ec-a1b8-3009dadbed4f?shareTo… FREE JULIAN! #Climategate

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Marxist-Communist-fascism at work
by professor rat 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

@paulmozur· Dec 31, 2021 China's digital manhunt goes global: The final piece in our series on China's outbound propaganda and censorship shows how police use ever more sophisticated tech to find and silence those overseas. They target Chinese students and Chinese Americans alike. For a sense of what that looks like, here's a video of Chinese police harassing a Chinese student living in Australia. They summoned her father in China to the station, called her on his phone, and demanded she delete a Twitter account that mocked Xi Jinping. https://twitter.com/paulmozur/status/1476856293881421825

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[crazy][wrong] Who Killed Aaron Swartz was Re: 2022 resolutions
by Victim of Undiscussed Horrifically Abusive Brainwashing 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

[partial, still trying to comprehend article] There was a big hullabaloo around the blatant national-scale corruption involved in the charging of Aaron Swartz and his suicide. Often in such hullabaloos people make a big stink that "the system is corrupt" without taking more pointed or decisive action on that situation. Although you might feel otherwise, if you look at the logical facts it is clear that Aaron Swartz did not commit a crime related to the data he downloaded. He just looked suspicious. He hid that he was downloading it, the way somebody might when they were committing a computer crime. And then somehow the lawyers prosecuting him were influenced to push as hard as they possibly could, when all Aaron ever did was fit a profile. Although there's a lot of information on what the people who harmed Aaron cared about, based on how they and others behaved, as a casual newbie to this stuff, I'm most curious on a document that makes it clearer who the prosecuting lawyers were, and what might indicate how they were influenced. These lawyers likely committed crimes themselves here, if it matters. On 12/28/21, coderman <coderman(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > Prosecution [Carmen Ortiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz) > [Stephen Heymann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Heymann) Two prosecutors, each with a wiki article on them. > Citation(s) [1:11-cr-10260](https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.mad.137971) > > Court membership > Judge(s) sitting Nathaniel M. Gorton > writer, political organizer and [Internet > activist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacktivism), was prosecuted for A bit ago somebody shared a document on this list indicating they had participated in the oppression and framing of hacktivists. > multiple violations of the [Computer Fraud and Abuse > Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act) of 1986 > (CFAA), after downloading academic journal articles through the MIT computer > network from a source ([JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR)) for > which he had an account as a Harvard research fellow. Facing trial and the The article is written in a way such that it is not clear to a casual reader that Aaron committed no crimes to any normal analysis. The sources of the edit of sentences that do not state foremost that Aaron was innocent of any crime by any precedent set prior to the trial, could add some information. > possibility of imprisonment, Swartz committed suicide, and the case was > consequently > dismissed.[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_no… Information on the forensic details of Swartz's suicide could also help people trying to figure out what is true here. > On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by [MIT > Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology… > on state breaking-and-entering charges, in connection with the systematic > downloading of [academic > journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_journal) articles from > [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR).[4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wi… The police incident report is linked here. This could help people feel they have more evidence. My personal experience is that police incident reports can be written to protect parties, but it is still nice to have. > Federal prosecutors eventually charged him with two counts of [wire When and by whom? I think it mentions later. > On January 11, 2013, two years after his initial arrest, Swartz was found > dead in his [Brooklyn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn) apartment, > where he had hanged > himself.[10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… Citations regarding the hanging. One might mention forensic details. > [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR) is a digital repository that > archives − and disseminates online − manuscripts, GIS systems, scanned plant > specimens and content from [academic > journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_journal) > articles.[13](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_no… > Swartz was a [research > fellow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_fellow) at [Harvard > University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University), which > provided him with a JSTOR account. Visitors to MIT's "open campus" were > authorized to access JSTOR through its > network.[14](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… Note again that it is at the _very end_ that it mentions that access to JSTOR was authorized, and it does not clearly state the fact that Swartz was authorized to access JSTOR, rather implying it. These kinds of expressions are _how_ things like this happen. Talk to a police officer or a prosecutor: their job is already to fight crime. They don't hear the things that imply that the person is innocent unless you state it clearly. They hear the things that indicate what they need to do to stop them. It's already assumed that you are only talking to them because the person in question committed a crime. > On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested near the Harvard > campus[6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-h… > by two MIT police officers and a U.S. Secret Service agent. He was arraigned > in [Cambridge District > Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_District_Court) on two > state charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a > felony.[4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… January 6, 2011 -- Swartz is arrested by MIT police and a US Secret Service agent and charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. Citations regarding the wrongfully-placed charges could help in forming an outline of how they developed. > On July 11, 2011, Swartz was indicted in federal District Court on four > felony counts: [wire fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_fraud), > [computer fraud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_fraud), unlawfully > obtaining information from a [protected > computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_computer) and recklessly > damaging a protected > computer.[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… July 11, 2011 - Swartz's first indictment on false charges, look like general "hacking" charges to my newbie eyes. Federal District Court. Citations regarding the indictments, similarly. > On November 17, 2011, Swartz was indicted by a Middlesex County Superior > Court grand jury on state charges of breaking and entering with intent, > grand larceny and unauthorized access to a computer > network.[26](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… Nov 17, 2011 - Second indictment, one real charge, and at least one severe false charge. Middlesex County Superior Court grand jury. > On December 16, 2011, the district attorney's office filed a [nolle > prosequi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolle_prosequi) declaration in the > case generated by Swartz's initial January 6, 2011 > arrest.[5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… Dec 16, 2011 - A meaningful legal filing, I'm guessing regarding the first indictments, I'm very much not a lawyer. > The state charges against Swartz stemming from the November 17, 2011 > indictment were dropped on March 8, > 2012.[28](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-S… > The state charges were dropped due to a deal being reached in which the data > was returned by Swartz. > [28](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-StateDr… March 8, 2012 - Grand jury charges are dropped. Citation regards deal with Swartz. > A report later submitted to the president of MIT about the Swartz case > suggests, however, that Massachusetts state law required the Middlesex > district attorney to dismiss the charges after the Boston U.S. Attorneys' > Office and the Secret Service failed to promptly hand over evidence > requested by Swartz's attorney during the Massachusetts case's discovery > process.[29](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… It's pretty clear the proceedings were not about what is legal or what is true, but rather about what somebody could convince people to do, and how people were able to resist that. > lawyers familiar with the original case told him they had expected it to be > dismissed after a "'continuance without a finding' ... The charge [would be] > held in abeyance ... without any verdict ... for a period of a few months up > to maybe a couple of > years."[30](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Silverg… Don't let a lawyer just tell you this. Get them to actively work to make things better and more certain. The people prosecuting Aaron were not just waiting for the system to run its course, but rather continually taking action to influence Aaron being indicted. Aaron's defense needs to similarly be on its toes. > According to [Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge) reporter Jeff > Blagdon[32](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > and the Huffington > Post,[33](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-G… > federal rather than local prosecutors had been "calling the shots" on the > prosecution of the case since Swartz's arrest. Both cited a letter from > Swartz's attorneys to the Department of > Justice.[34](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… Letter from Swartz's attorneys to the Department of Justice indicates that _federal_-level prosecutors were running the show. Citation regarding letter. >> The lead prosecutor in Mr. Swartz's [federal] case, AUSA Stephen Heymann Lead Prosecutor AUSA Stephen Heymann >> ... and [Secret Service] Agent Pickett directed and controlled the Secret Service Agent Pickett These people are likely not solely responsible for this, but they sound pretty important if they were spearheading this particular effort. Why did this happen? Who asked them to do it? >> investigation of Mr. Swartz from the time of [his] arrest on January 6 ... >> Heymann's involvement in the case had commenced very early in the >> investigation.[34](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#ci… Stephen Heymann and Agent Pickett directed and controlled the investigation of Mr Swartz from January 6 ... [citation] > Federal prosecution > > On April 13, 2011, as part of their investigation, federal authorities > interviewed Swartz's former partner, > [Wired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(magazine)) journalist [Quinn > Norton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Norton); she penned an article, > "Life Inside the Aaron Swartz Investigation," detailing her experiences in > the > case.[35](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Q… > >> I mentioned ... a two-year-old public post on ... Aaron's blog. It had >> been fairly widely picked up by other blogs. I couldn't imagine that these >> people who had just claimed to have read everything I'd ever written had >> never looked at their target's blog, which appeared in his FBI file, or >> searched for what he thought about "open access." They hadn't. >> So this is where I was profoundly foolish. I told them about the Guerilla >> Open Access Manifesto. And in doing so, Aaron would explain to me later >> (and reporters would confirm), I made everything >> worse.[35](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… > > On July 19, 2011, the July 11th federal > indictment[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_no… > was unsealed, charging Swartz with two counts of fraud and two counts > related to accessing and damaging a protected > computer.[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… > According to the indictment, Swartz surreptitiously attached a laptop to > MIT's computer network, which ran a script named > "keepgrabbing.py",[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-JulyFedIndictment-1)[7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-2011-tech-7) > allowing him to "rapidly download an extraordinary volume of articles from > JSTOR."[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-JulyFedI… > Prosecutors in the case said Swartz acted with the intention of making the > papers available on [P2P file-sharing > sites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing).[1](https:/… > > Swartz surrendered to authorities, pleading not guilty on all counts, and > was released on $100,000 unsecured > [bail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bail).[38](https://en.wikipedia.org/wik… > After his arrest, JSTOR released a statement saying that though it > considered Swartz's access to be a "significant misuse" committed in an > "unauthorized fashion," it would not pursue civil litigation against > him;[16](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-js… > MIT did not comment on the > proceedings.[39](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite… > > The New York Times wrote of the case: "a respected Harvard researcher who > also is an Internet folk hero has been arrested in Boston on charges related > to computer hacking, which are based on allegations that he downloaded > articles that he was entitled to get > free."[38](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-NewYork… > [The Awl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awl) similarly commented that > "Swartz is being charged with hacker crimes, not copyright-infringement > crimes, because he didn't actually distribute any documents, plus JSTOR > didn't even want him > prosecuted."[40](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-awl-40) > > Assistant U.S. Attorneys [Stephen > Heymann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Heymann) and Scott Garland > were the lead prosecutors, working under the supervision of U.S. Attorney > [Carmen > Ortiz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz).[1](https://en.wikipedia… > The case was brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which was > passed in 1986 to enhance the government's ability to prosecute hackers who > accessed computers to steal information or to disrupt or destroy computer > functionality.[42](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#ci… > "If convicted on these charges," said Ortiz, "Swartz faces up to 35 years in > prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, restitution, > forfeiture and a fine of up to $1 > million."[9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-SwartzAa… > > On September 12, 2012, the prosecution filed a superseding indictment adding > nine more felony > counts.[8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… > [George Washington University Law > School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University_Law_Scho… > Professor [Orin Kerr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orin_Kerr), writing on > the legal blog [Volokh > Conspiracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volokh_Conspiracy), opined that > the risk of a maximum sentence in Swartz's case was not > high.[45](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-K… > In an interview with Boston's [WBUR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBUR), > retired federal judge [Nancy > Gertner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Gertner) said a sentence of 35 > years for a case like Swartz's "never occurs." She questioned the propriety > of pressing these charges at all. Referring to decision-making by Ortiz's > office, she said "this is the example of bad judgment I saw too often," > suggesting that a two-year diversion program leading to expunged charges > would have been more > fitting.[46](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_not… > > Plea negotiations > > Swartz's attorney, [Elliot > Peters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Peters), stated that > prosecutors at one point offered a plea deal of four months in prison and > pleading guilty to 13 charges, and warned that if Swartz rejected the deal, > future deals would be less > attractive;[47](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_… > and that two days before Swartz's death, that "Swartz would have to spend > six months in prison and plead guilty to 13 charges if he wanted to avoid > going to > trial."[48](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-AP_2013… > Under the six-month deal, after Swartz pled guilty to the 13 charges, the > government would have argued for a six-month sentence, and Swartz would have > argued for a lesser sentence; the judge would then be free to assign > whatever sentence the judge thought appropriate, up to six > months.[49](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > Peters later filed a complaint with the DOJ's [Office of Professional > Responsibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Professional_Respon…, > stating that if Swartz didn't plead guilty, Heymann "threatened that he > would seek for Mr. Swartz to serve seven years in prison," a difference in > duration Peters asserts went "far beyond" the disparity encouraged by the > [plea-bargain > portion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_of_responsibility) of the > [Federal Sentencing > Guidelines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Federal_Sentencing_… > > Andy Good, Swartz's initial lawyer, told [The Boston > Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe): "I told Heymann the > kid was a suicide risk. His reaction was a standard reaction in that office, > not unique to Steve. He said, 'Fine, we'll lock him up.' I'm not saying they > made Aaron kill himself. Aaron might have done this anyway. I'm saying they > were aware of the risk, and they were > heedless."[50](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-cullen-… > > Marty Weinberg, who took the case over from Good, said he nearly negotiated > a plea bargain in which Swartz would not serve any time. "JSTOR signed off > on it," he said, "but MIT would > not."[50](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-cullen-… > > Two days before his death, JSTOR announced on January 9, 2013 that it would > make "more than 4.5 million articles" available to the public free of > charge. The "Register & Read" service, in beta for the previous 10 months, > was capped at three articles every two weeks (78 per year), readable online > only, with some downloadable for a > fee.[51](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Li… > > After his death, Ortiz's office dismissed the charges against > Swartz.[2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… > She said, "This office's conduct was appropriate in bringing and handling > this case ... This office sought an appropriate sentence that matched the > alleged conduct—a sentence that we would recommend to the judge of six > months in a low security setting ... At no time did this office ever seek—or > ever tell Mr. Swartz's attorneys that it intended to seek—maximum penalties > under the > law."[53](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-53)[54]… > > On January 12, 2013, [Alex > Stamos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Stamos), a [computer > forensics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_forensics) investigator > employed by the Swartz legal defense team, posted an online summary of the > [expert testimony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_witness) he had been > prepared to present in the JSTOR case, had Swartz lived to see trial. He > wrote: > >> If I had taken the stand as planned and had been asked by the prosecutor >> whether Aaron's actions were "wrong," I would probably have replied that >> what Aaron did would better be described as "inconsiderate." In the same >> way it is inconsiderate ... to check out every book at the library needed >> for a History 101 paper. It is inconsiderate to download lots of files on >> shared wifi >> ...[55](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-55) > > Federal prosecutory rationale and responses > > U.S. Attorney Ortiz asserted after the 2011 indictment that "stealing is > stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you > take documents, data or dollars. It is equally harmful to the victim, > whether you sell what you have stolen or give it > away."[9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-SwartzAa… > > About the prosecution > > At a January 24, 2013 memorial for Swartz, [Carl > Malamud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Malamud) recalled their work > with PACER. He noted that they had brought millions of U.S. District Court > records out from behind PACER's "pay wall" and found them full of privacy > violations. > >> We sent our results to the Chief Judges of 31 District Courts ... They >> redacted those documents and they yelled at the lawyers that filed them >> ... The Judicial Conference changed their privacy rules. >> >> ... [To] the bureaucrats who ran the Administrative Office of the United >> States Courts ... we were thieves ... >> >> So they called the FBI ... [The FBI] found nothing wrong ... > > "Was the overly aggressive posture of the Department of Justice prosecutors > and law enforcement officials," he asked, "revenge because they were > embarrassed that — in their view at least — we somehow got away with > something in the PACER incident? Was the merciless JSTOR prosecution the > revenge of embarrassed bureaucrats because they looked stupid in the New > York Times, because the U.S. Senate called them on the > carpet?"[56](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Mercy-5… > > Former [Nixon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Richard_Nixon) > [White House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House) counsel [John > Dean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dean) wrote an article on the legal > blog justia.com entitled "Dealing with Aaron Swartz in the Nixonian > Tradition: Overzealous Overcharging Leads to a Tragic Result", saying "these > are not people who are conscientiously and fairly upholding our federal > laws. Rather, they are typically authoritarian personalities who get their > jollies from shamelessly beating up on unfortunate people like Aaron > Swartz."[57](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-57) > > [George Washington > University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_University) law > professor [Orin Kerr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orin_Kerr) wrote on > January 15, 2013 that "the charges brought here were pretty much what any > good federal prosecutor would have > charged."[58](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-58)[59]… > [Duke > University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_University_School_of_Law) law > professor [James > Boyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boyle_(academic)) replied in The > Huffington Post: "I think that in [Kerr's] descriptions of the facts [and > of] the issues surrounding prosecutorial discretion ... he tends ... to > minimize or ignore facts that might put [Swartz] in a more favorable > light."[60](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-60) > > In response to a piece by Larissa MacFarquhar in the [New > Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker), retired journalist > Jane Scholz objected to what she perceived as an effort "to turn Swartz into > a hero for facing government prosecution after hacking the JSTOR archive", > arguing that "Swartz was apparently familiar with laws protecting > proprietary-information-management systems, so he should not have been > surprised by the severity of the prosecution's response to his crime. It is > a crime, and not a victimless one. I am a retired journalist; during my > working years, my salary depended, and today my pension relies, on people > paying for copyrighted content. In recent years, as the business that > supports journalism has declined, thousands of journalists have lost pay, > benefits, and, ultimately, their jobs. [ ... ] I find it ironic that Swartz > made several million dollars selling the rights to his own copyrighted > programming to Conde Nast. Swartz's is a sad story, but it's not a heroic > one." Law professor Mike Maddison commented on Scholz's letter: "it is > difficult to find a better example of the glib equation of 'my career isn't > the success that it once was' and 'somebody committed a crime' that infects > contemporary dialogues about IP > rights."[61](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-61) > > [David Aaronovitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Aaronovitch) noted > in [The Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times) that JSTOR was > itself a "product of philanthropy" but that it had to charge access fees so > that it could pay [academic > publishers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_publisher) for rights to > their publications. He decried the "reckless" behavior of a generation which > "cannot be persuaded—yet—that copyright > matters".[62](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-62) > > In contrast, [Peter Ludlow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ludlow) in > [The Chronicle of Higher > Education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education) > argued that due to the [publish or > perish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish) nature of academia > and the importance that journals' reputations have, "[w]hen an academic > signs away copyright to an academic publisher, it amounts to a 'contract of > adhesion'—meaning a contract in which one party has all the power and it was > not freely bargained" and that "like the original authors, JSTOR had to > negotiate its licensing agreements from a position of weakness", which > Ludlow illustrated with a bargaining agreement from JSTOR's history, which > stipulated that the publishers "be compensated if there was a loss to their > (minimal) sales of rights to older materials, and they demanded compensation > even before JSTOR covered its own expenses". Ludlow concluded that "Until > academics get their acts together and start using new modes of publication, > we need to recognize that actions like Aaron Swartz's civil disobedience are > legitimate."[63](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-63) > > Rob Weir, who describes himself as an "associate editor of a very small > journal", writes in [Inside Higher > Ed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Higher_Ed) that "Many wonder why > money accrues to those whose only 'creation' is to aggregate the labor of > others, especially when some form of taxpayer money underwrote many of the > articles. That's a legitimate concern, but defending Swartz's method > elevates vigilantism above the rules of law and reason." While he concedes > that "JSTOR charges university libraries a king's ransom for its services", > he also argues that "even a modest journal is expensive to produce" and that > "if you want anyone to read your journal, you'll give it to JSTOR or some > other aggregator. Unless, of course, you can drum up lots of free > advertising". He concludes that the "[information wants to be > free](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free)" adage > fails to account for the "hidden costs within the culture of free", and > proposes that "[there ain't no such thing as a free > lunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain%27t_no_such_thing_as_a_free_…" > is the appropriate summary of production costs in the [Information > Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age), which he transmutes to > "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime" for "hackers and info > thieves".[64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-64) > > [Tim Wu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wu), writing in [The New > Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker), called out what he > perceived as lack of proportionality, writing that "The act was harmless — [ > ... ] meaning that there was no actual physical harm, nor actual economic > harm. The leak was found and plugged; JSTOR suffered no actual economic > loss. It did not press charges. Like a pie in the face, Swartz's act was > annoying to its victim, but of no lasting > consequence."[65](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-65) > Wu went on to compare Swartz's act with that of [Steve > Jobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs) and [Steve > Wozniak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak), who, according to Wu, > "in the nineteen-seventies, committed crimes similar to, but more > economically damaging than, Swartz's. Those two men hacked AT&T's telephone > system to make free long-distance calls, and actually sold the illegal > devices ([blue boxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box)) to make cash. > Their mentor, [John Draper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper), did > go to jail for a few months (where he wrote one of the world's first word > processors), but Jobs and Wozniak were never prosecuted. Instead, they got > bored of [phreaking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking) and built a > computer. The great ones almost always operate at the edge" writes Wu, in > support of this thesis that "We can rightly judge a society by how it treats > its eccentrics and deviant geniuses—and by that measure, we have utterly > failed [in the case of > Swartz]."[66](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-66) > > About the law > > After Boyle's Huffington Post column, Kerr returned to the topic, advocating > reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) under which Swartz was > prosecuted. "The problem raised by the Swartz case is ... [that] felony > liability under the statute is triggered much too easily. The law needs to > draw a distinction between low-level crimes and more serious crimes, and > current law does so poorly > ..."[67](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-OK-67) > > [Chris Soghoian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Soghoian), a technology > policy analyst at the [American Civil Liberties > Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union), argued > similarly, "Existing laws don't recognise the distinction between two types > of computer crimes: malicious crimes committed for profit ... and cases > where hackers break into systems to prove their skillfulness or spread > information that they think should be available to the > public."[68](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-stuff1-… > [Jennifer Granick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Granick), Director > of Civil Liberties at the [Stanford Center for Internet and > Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Center_for_Internet_and_Soc…, > both defended Swartz and challenged the scope of the law under which he was > prosecuted.[69](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_… > > Law professor [Stephen L. > Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_L._Carter) agrees that the > prosecution of Swartz was ridiculous, but also lays the blame on Congress > for creating a new type of federal felony roughly every > week.[71](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-7… > Carter considers that the CFAA is a good example of this phenomenon. He > writes: "Enacted in the 1980s, before the Internet explosion, the statute > makes a criminal of anyone who 'intentionally accesses a computer without > authorization or exceeds authorized access' and, in the process, obtains > financial information, government information or 'information from any > protected computer.'" Carter then gives the following example: "You're > sitting in your office, when suddenly you remember that you forgot to pay > your Visa bill. You take a moment to log on to your bank account, and you > pay the bill. Then you go back to work. If your employer has a policy > prohibiting personal use of office computers, then you have exceeded your > authorized access; since you went to your bank website, you have obtained > financial information. Believe it or not, you're now a felon. The likelihood > of prosecution might be small, but you've still committed a crime." Carter > further writes that the problem with the statute was well-known, and that > "some federal courts have given the statute's language a narrow > construction, but others have read it broadly, and the [Obama > administration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_administration) has > opposed efforts in Congress to narrow its scope. [Alex > Kozinski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kozinski), chief judge of the > U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, warned in an opinion last > spring [of 2012] the government's position 'would make criminals of large > groups of people who would have little reason to suspect they are committing > a federal > crime.'"[72](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-72) > > In 2013, [Zoe Lofgren](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren) and [Ron > Wyden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wyden) have advanced a legislative > proposal called "[Aaron's Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%27s_Law)" > to amend the CFAA in order to eliminate the aforementioned vagueness and > also eliminate the "redundant provisions that enable a person to be punished > multiple times ... for the same > crime".[73](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-RonZoe-73) > In an opinion piece for Wired magazine, they wrote that "This is, in fact, > what happened to Aaron Swartz — more than a third of the charges in the > superseding indictment against him were under this redundant CFAA > provision."[73](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-RonZoe-… > > Reactions, complaints and post-dismissal motions > > See also: [Aaron Swartz § > Aftermath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#Aftermath) > > Speaking at his son's funeral, Robert Swartz said, "[Aaron] was killed by > the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic > principles."[74](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-guy-74) > [Mitch Kapor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor) posted the > statement on > [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter).[75](https://en.wikipedia.o… > Carmen Ortiz's husband, IBM executive Tom Dolan, replied through his own > Twitter feed, @TomJDolan, "Truly incredible that in their own son's obit > they blame others for his death and make no mention of the 6 month > offer."[76](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Guard-7… > In [Esquire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_(magazine)), [Charlie > Pierce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Pierce) wrote that "the > glibness with which her husband and her defenders toss off a 'mere' six > months in federal prison, low-security or not, is a further indication that > something is seriously out of whack with the way our prosecutors think these > days."[77](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-77) > > Contacted by [The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian), > Ortiz's spokesperson had "no comment" to make on the > matter;[76](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > [Reuters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters) reported being unable to > contact > Dolan.[78](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-… > On January 16, 2013, Ortiz released an official statement, in which she > reiterated that "I must, however, make clear that this office's conduct was > appropriate in bringing and handling this case," and that her subordinates > "took on the difficult task of enforcing a law they had taken an oath to > uphold, and did so > reasonably."[78](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Reuters… > > On January 28, 2013, the lawyers for Swartz's estate sent a letter to the > Justice Department accusing Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Heymann of > professional > misconduct.[33](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_… > They said Heymann "may have misrepresented to the Court the extent of the > federal government's [early] involvement in the > investigation."[80](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Jeralyn… > >> Emails and reports further illustrated ... that AUSA Heymann was himself >> involved in the investigation even before Mr. Swartz was arrested on >> January 6, >> 2011.[34](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-p… > > The lawyers also said Heymann "abused his discretion when he attempted to > coerce" Swartz into pleading > guilty:[33](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > >> Swartz ... naturally felt extreme pressure to waive his rights ... The >> difference between an offer of four months and a threat of seven years >> went far beyond the minimal reduction ... that should properly have >> applied for [a defendant's] "acceptance of responsibility" under the >> Sentencing >> Guidelines.[34](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_… > > On March 15, the lawyers asked the federal court to modify the protective > order on Swartz's file to permit public disclosure of the discovery > materials, including the names and titles of MIT, JSTOR and law enforcement > employees. The lawyers said that withholding the names would make the > documents "less intelligible and thus far less useful to > Congress."[81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Anderso… > The First Assistant U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Jack Pirozzolo, said he > was taking a role in the discussions and would be asking the court to give > the affected employees an opportunity to be heard on the proposed > disclosures.[81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite… > > The Department of Justice sought to redact the names of the prosecutors > involved in the case. On April 3, 2013, a U.S. Attorney's Office > spokesperson said, "Our argument against it is that not only does it have an > effect on the people involved in the case, but there's also sometimes a > residual effect." The Attorney's Office reported threats and hacking > attempts against prosecutors already known to be involved: "threatening > emails" received by Ortiz and Heymann, the hacking of Heymann's > [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook) account and that > "Heymann's father, a Harvard professor, received a postcard with his photo > in a > guillotine".[82](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Smith-82) > The postcard and some email excerpts were published by > [Wired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(magazine)) > magazine.[83](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_no… > > On May 13, 2013, the court granted the estate's motion in part, permitting > public disclosure of much of the material the estate's lawyers had sought to > have unsealed, provided that the names of MIT and government employees were > first redacted. The estate's argument for disclosure of these names was > "substantially outweighed by the interest of the government and the victims > in shielding their employees from potential retaliation," wrote Judge > Nathaniel > Gorton.[84](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > The judge also ruled that information disclosing details of computer network > security at MIT should not be made > public.[84](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > The prosecutors and Swartz's lawyers were ordered to propose the terms of > the disclosures and redactions by May 27, > 2013.[84](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-M… > > [Kevin Poulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Poulsen) filed a > [FOIA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_Stat… > lawsuit and in November 2013 obtained the release of 130 pages from the file > that the [US Secret > Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service) has on > Swartz, out of approximately 20,000 pages that the agency has in relation to > Swartz.[85](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note… > > Of Heymann, [BuzzFeed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed) has noted: > "Back in 2008, young hacker [Jonathan > James](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_James) killed himself in the > midst of a federal investigation led by the same > prosecutor."[86](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-86) > > In January 2013, [WikiLeaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks) > claimed through its Twitter account that Swartz had been in contact with > [Julian Assange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange) through 2010 > and 2011, and that Swartz may have been a source of leaked > materials.[87](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_n… > If true, this would offer an explanation as to why charges against Swartz > were pursued by the federal government despite JSTOR dropping charges and > urging that the government and MIT do the > same.[88](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-8… > > Notes > > [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#ref_quantity_downloaded) > The MIT network administration office told MIT police that "approximately 70 > gigabytes of data had been downloaded, 98% of which was from > JSTOR."[5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-Incident… > The first federal indictment alleged "approximately 4.8 million articles ... > 1.7 million [of which] were made available by independent publishers for > purchase through JSTOR's Publisher Sales > Service."[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_note-JulyFedI… > The superseding indictment characterized the amount as "a major portion of > the total archive in which JSTOR had invested ... " removing the > estimates.[89](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Swartz#cite_n… > > See also > > - [Academic journal publishing > reform](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_journal_publishing_reform) > > References > > - > > - [July 2011 Initial Federal Indictment of Aaron > Swartz](http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/217115/20110719-schwartz.pdf). > Posted by [New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times), 19 > July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2013. > > - > > - Landergan, Katherine (2013-01-14). ["US District Court drops charges > against Aaron Swartz - MIT - Your > Campus"](http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/mit/2013/01/us_district_court_drops_charges_against_aaron_swartz.html). > Boston.com. Retrieved 2013-01-23. > > - > > - United States v. Swartz, > [1:11-cr-10260](https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/Massachusetts_District_Cou…, > 106 ([D. > Mass.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_D… > filed Jan. 14, 2013). > > - > > - Gerstein, Josh (July 22, 2011). ["MIT also pressing charges against > hacking > suspect"](https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2011/07/mit-also-pressing-charges-against-hacking-suspect-037709). > Politico. Swartz['s] alleged use of MIT facilities and Web connections to > access the JSTOR database … resulted in two state felony charges for > breaking into a 'depository' and breaking & entering in the daytime, > according to local prosecutors. > > - > > - Commonwealth v. Swartz, [Nos. 11-52CR73 & > 11-52CR75](http://mitcrimeclub.org/SwartzFilings-state.pdf), MIT Police > Incident Report ([Mass. Dist. > Ct.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_District_Court) dismissed > Dec. 16, 2011) ("MIT's IS&T Department … explained that they were able to > determine that this laptop was illegally downloading…. IS&T had put an > approximate value on the downloaded information at $50,000.… The suspect … > was arrested for two counts of Breaking and Entering in the daytime with the > intent to commit a felony."). > > - > > - Hak, Susana; Paz, Gabriella (January 26, 2011). ["Compilation of December > 15, 2010–January 20, 2011"](http://mitcrimeclub.org/11pologDec15Jan20.pdf) > (PDF). Hak–De Paz Police Log Compilations. MIT Crime Club. p. 6. Jan. 6, > 2:20 p.m., Aaron Swartz, was arrested at 24 Lee Street as a suspect for > breaking and entering…. > > - > > - Kirschbaum, Connor (August 3, 2011). ["Swartz indicted for JSTOR > theft"](http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N30/swartz.html). [The > Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)). [Massachusetts > Institute of > Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Techno…. > Retrieved January 12, 2013. > > - > > - ["September 2012 Superseding Federal Indictment of Aaron > Swartz"](https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2012/09/swartzsuperseding.pdf) > (PDF). wired.com. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2013-05-20. > > - > > - US Attorney's Office District of Massachusetts (July 19, 2011). ["Alleged > Hacker Charged With Stealing Over Four Million Documents from MIT > Network"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120526080523/http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/2011/July/SwartzAaronPR.html). > Press release. Archived from [the > original](https://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news/2011/July/SwartzAaronPR.html) > on May 26, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2013. > > - > > - [Thomas, Owen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Thomas_(writer)) > (January 12, 2013). ["Family of Aaron Swartz Blames MIT, Prosecutors For His > Death"](http://www.businessinsider.com/statement-family-aaron-swartz-2013-1). > [Business Insider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Insider). > Retrieved January 12, 2013. > > - > > - ["Aaron Swartz, internet freedom activist, dies aged > 26"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21001452). BBC News. January > 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-13. > > - > > - ["Aaron Swartz, Tech Prodigy and Internet Activist, Is Dead at > 26"](http://business.time.com/2013/01/13/tech-prodigy-and-internet-activist-aaron-swartz-commits-suicide/). > Time. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013. > > - > > - ["Terms and Conditions of > Use"](https://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp). JSTOR. New > York: ITHAKA. January 15, 2013. JSTOR's integrated digital platform is a > trusted digital repository providing for long-term preservation and access > to … scholarly materials: journal issues …; manuscripts and monographs; …; > spatial/geographic information systems data; plant specimens; … > > - > > - [Granick, Jennifer, Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz: Part 2, The > Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School blog, 15 January > 2013.](http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/01/towards-learning-losing-aa… > Retrieved 26 January 2013. > > - > > - Lindsay, Jay (July 19, 2011). ["Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of > papers"](https://news.yahoo.com/feds-harvard-fellow-hacked-millions-papers-203301454.html). > Boston. Associated Press. Retrieved 2013-01-15. > > - > > - ["JSTOR Statement: Misuse Incident and Criminal > Case"](http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and-criminal-case). > JSTOR. Retrieved January 12, 2013. > > - > > - Carter, Zach; Grim, Ryan; Reilly, Ryan J (January 12, 2013). ["Aaron > Swartz, Internet Pioneer, Found Dead Amid Prosecutor 'Bullying' In > Unconventional > Case"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz_n_2463726.html). > Huffington Post. > > - > > - Cohen, Noam (January 20, 2013). ["How M.I.T. ensnared a hacker, bucking a > freewheeling > culture"](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/technology/how-mit-ensnared-a-hacker-bucking-a-freewheeling-culture.html). > The New York Times. p. A1. 'Suspect is seen on camera entering network > closet' [in an unlocked building].… Within a mile of MIT … he was stopped by > an MIT police captain and [U.S. Secret Service agent] Pickett. > > - > > - Peters, Justin (February 7, 2013). ["The Idealist: Aaron Swartz wanted to > save the world. Why couldn't he save > himself?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130210170319/http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/02/aaron_swartz_he_wanted_to_save_the_world_why_couldn_t_he_save_himself.6.html). > Slate. N.Y.C. 6. Archived from [the > original](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/02/aaron… > on February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013. The superseding > indictment … claimed that Swartz had 'contrived to break into a > restricted-access wiring closet at MIT.' But the closet door had been > unlocked—and remained unlocked even after the university and authorities > were aware that someone had been in there trying to access the school's > network. > > - > > - [Larissa MacFarquhar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_MacFarquhar) > (March 11, 2013). ["Requiem for a dream: The tragedy of Aaron > Swartz"](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/11/130311fa_fact_macfarquhar). > The New Yorker. [Swartz] wrote a script that instructed his computer to > download articles continuously, something that was forbidden by JSTOR's > terms of service.… He spoofed the computer's address…. This happened several > times. MIT traced the requests to his laptop, which he had hidden in an > unlocked closet. > > - > > - Merritt, Jeralyn (January 14, 2013). ["MIT to conduct internal probe on > its role in Aaron Swartz > case"](http://www.talkleft.com/story/2013/1/14/51325/7871/crimenews/MIT-to-Conduct-Internal-Probe-on-its-Role-in-Aaron-Swartz-Case). > TalkLeft (blog). Att'y Jeralyn Merritt. The wiring closet was not locked and > was accessible to the public. If you look at the pictures supplied by the > Government, you can see graffiti on one wall. > > - > > - [Lipinski, Pearle and Joseph Maurer, Police Log > (12/19-2/5)](http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N6/polog.html) [The > Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)), 18 February 2011 > (Volume 131, Issue 6). Retrieved 24 January 2011. > > - > > - Singel, Ryan (February 27, 2011). ["Rogue academic downloader busted by > MIT webcam stakeout, arrest report > says"](https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/mit-webcam-swartz/). Wired. > N.Y.C. Swartz is accused … of stealing the articles by attaching a laptop > directly to a network switch in … a 'restricted' room, though neither the > police report nor the indictment [mentions] a door lock or signage > indicating the room is off-limits. > > - > > - Kao, Joanna [The Tech’s coverage of Aaron > Swartz](http://techblogs.mit.edu/news/2013/01/the-techs-coverage-of-aaron-s… > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171031182652/http://techblogs.mit.e… > 2017-10-31 at the [Wayback > Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine) [The > Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)), 12 January 2013. > Retrieved 18 May 2013 > > - > > - Bilton, Nick (July 19, 2011). ["Internet Activist Charged in Data > Theft"](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/reddit-co-founder-charged-with-data-theft/). > Boston: Bits Blog, The New York Times Company. Retrieved July 19, 2011. > > - > > - Hawkinson, John (November 18, 2011). ["Swartz indicted for breaking and > entering"](http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N53/swartz.html). The Tech. MIT. p. 11. > Swartz … was indicted … in Middlesex Superior Court … for breaking and > entering, larceny over $250, and unauthorized access to a computer network. > > - > > - ["Cambridge man indicted on breaking & entering charges, larceny charges > in connection with data > theft"](http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1655830732/Reddit-co-founder-indicted-in-connection-with-breaking-into-MIT-server-room) > (Press release). Middlesex District Attorney. November 17, 2011. Swartz … > was indicted today on charges of Breaking and Entering with Intent to Commit > a Felony, Larceny over $250, and Unauthorized Access to a Computer Network > by a Middlesex Superior Grand Jury. > > - > > - Hawkinson, John [State drops charges against Swartz; federal charges > remain](http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N12/swartz.html) [The > Tech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tech_(newspaper)), 16 March 2012. > Retrieved 14 May 2013. > > - > > - Harold Abelson, Peter A. Diamond, Andrew Grosso, and Douglas W. Pfeiffer > (July 26, 2013). [Report to the President: MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron > Swartz](http://swartz-report.mit.edu/docs/report-to-the-president.pdf) (PDF) > (Report). p. 36. Retrieved June 6, 2017. After the state indictment, Martin > Weinberg filed demands for discovery. In state prosecutions that involve > joint investigations with outside law enforcement agencies or foreign > jurisdictions, Massachusetts state law governing criminal discovery requires > that the District Attorney obtain from those agencies and jurisdictions > certain evidence that may be relevant to the case. Some of this evidence was > in the sole possession of the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. > Secret Service. Mr. Weinberg demanded this material as discovery from the > DA's Office, and the USAO refused to produce it to that office. As a result, > the DA's Office could not comply with the Massachusetts discovery laws so as > to continue its prosecution, and it dismissed its charges. > > - > > - Silverglate, Harvey (January 23, 2013). ["The Swartz suicide and the sick > culture of the > DOJ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130129065612/http://masslawyersweekly.com/2013/01/23/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-doj/). > Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Archived from [the > original](http://masslawyersweekly.com/2013/01/23/the-swartz-suicide-and-th… > on January 29, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013. > > - > > - [McCullagh, Declan, Swartz didn't face prison until feds took over case, > report > says](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57565927-38/swartz-didnt-face-priso…, > [cnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNET), 25 January 2013. Retrieved 7 > February 2013. > > - > > - Blagdon, Jeff (March 14, 2013). ["US Attorney's Office accused of > deliberately withholding evidence in Aaron Swartz > trial"](https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/14/4102792/us-attorneys-office-accused-of-withholding-evidence-in-swartz-trial). > The Verge. Vox Media. Swartz's laptop … w[as] seized by the Cambridge Police > Department on January 6th, 2011, when Swartz was first arrested ... Heymann > had an email proving that the US Attorney's Office, ... not the Cambridge > Police Department, was calling the shots on the search and seizure. > > - > > - Grim, Ryan; Reilly, Ryan (March 14, 2013). ["Aaron Swartz lawyers accuse > prosecutor Stephen Heymann of > misconduct"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/aaron-swartz-prosecutorial-misconduct_n_2867529.html). > Huffington Post. The handling of the case has already stunted the career of > U.S. Attorney … Ortiz, who has become politically toxic and is no longer > discussed seriously as a contender for judicial vacancies. > > - > > - Peters, Elliot; Daniel Purcell (January 28, 2013). ["Re: United States v. > Aaron > Swartz"](https://www.scribd.com/doc/130344110/Aaron-Swartz-Lawyers-Accuse-Prosecutor-Stephen-Heymann-of-Misconduct#page=3). > Letter to Robin Ashton, Counsel, US Dept of Justice. Keker & Van Nest LLP. > The [federal prosecutors] remarkably suggest … the Cambridge Police > Department, not the Secret Service, was in possession of the computer > equipment…. The Secret Service was plainly in charge of the investigation at > MIT. > > - > > - Norton, Quinn (March 3, 2013). ["Life inside the Aaron Swartz > investigation"](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/life-inside-the-aaron-swartz-investigation/273654/). > The Atlantic. D.C. Retrieved 2013-03-08. > > - > > - Madrigal, Alexis (March 3, 2013). ["Editor's note to Quinn Norton's > account of the Aaron Swartz > investigation"](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/editors-note-to-quinn-nortons-account-of-the-aaron-swartz-investigation/273666/). > The Atlantic. D.C. Retrieved 2013-03-08. > > - > > - Lundin, Leigh (July 31, 2011). ["The Thief Who Stole > Knowledge"](http://criminalbrief.com/?p=17625). Computer Crimes. Criminal > Brief. > > - > > - Schwartz, John (July 19, 2011). 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["Library licensing and criminal law: The > Aaron Swartz case"](http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/9/534.full). [College & > Research Libraries > News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_%26_Research_Libraries_News). > Association of College and Research Libraries. 72 (9): 534–37. > [doi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_(identifier)):[10.5860/crln.72.9.863…. > [ISSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)) > [0099-0086](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0099-0086). Retrieved January 13, > 2013. > > - > > - ["US Government Ups Felony Count in JSTOR/Aaron Swartz Case From Four To > Thirteen"](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120917/17393320412/us-government-ups-felony-count-jstoraaron-swartz-case-four-to-thirteen.shtml). > Tech dirt. 2012-09-17. Retrieved January 12, 2013. > > - > > - Orin Kerr (January 16, 2013). ["The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz > Part 2: Prosecutorial > Discretion"](http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/16/the-criminal-charges-against-aaron-swartz-part-2-prosecutorial-discretion/). > Retrieved January 16, 2013. > > - > > - Boeri, David. ["Retired Federal Judge Joins Criticism Over Handling Of > Swartz > Case"](http://www.wbur.org/2013/01/16/gertner-criticizes-ortiz-swartz). > WBUR. Retrieved 17 May 2013. This is the example of bad judgment I saw too > often." When asked if she was referring to the bad judgement of Carmen > Ortiz, Gertner responded, "That's right. > > - > > - Daly, Michael (15 January 2013). ["Aaron Swartz's Unbending Prosecutors > Insisted on Prison > Time"](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/15/aaron-swartz-s-unbending-prosecutors-insisted-on-prison-time.html). > The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 January 2017. > > - > > - Lavoie, Denise (January 14, 2013). ["Mass. lawyer: told federal > prosecutors Swartz > suicidal"](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/feds-dismiss-charges-against-swartz-cite-suicide). > Associated Press. > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116223709/http://bigstory.ap.org… > from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-08. > > - > > - [Orin Kerr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orin_Kerr) (16 January 2013). > ["The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 2: Prosecutorial > Discretion)"](http://volokh.com/2013/01/16/the-criminal-charges-against-aaron-swartz-part-2-prosecutorial-discretion/). > [The Volokh > Conspiracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Volokh_Conspiracy). Retrieved > 6 January 2017. > > - > > - Cullen, Kevin (January 15, 2013). ["On humanity, a big failure in Aaron > Swartz > case"](http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit/bj8oThPDwzgxBSHQt3tyKI/story.html). > Boston Globe. > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130117062007/http://bostonglobe.com… > from the original on January 17, 2013. > > - > > - Schwartz, Meredith (January 9, 2013). ["Many JSTOR Journal Archives Now > Free to > Public"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130112012740/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/01/academic-libraries/many-jstor-journal-archives-now-free-to-public). > [Library Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Journal). Archived > from [the > original](http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/01/academic-libraries/many-jsto… > on January 12, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2013. > > - > > - ["Register & Read"](http://about.jstor.org/rr). About. > [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR). Retrieved January 14, 2013. > > - > > - Laura Smith-Spark (January 17, 2013). ["Prosecutor defends case against > Aaron Swartz"](http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/tech/aaron-swartz-death/). CNN. > Retrieved January 17, 2013. > > - > > - [Ortiz, Carmen M.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ortiz) (Jan 16, > 2013). ["Statement of United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz Regarding The > Death of Aaron > Swartz"](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/557005-statement-of-us-attorney-ortiz-jan-16-2013-pdf.html). > US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Retrieved Jan 17, 2013. > > - > > - Stamos, Alex (January 12, 2013). ["The truth about Aaron Swartz's > "crime""](http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/). > Unhandled Exception. The government provided no evidence that these > downloads caused a negative effect on JSTOR or MIT, except due to silly > overreactions such as turning off all of MIT's JSTOR access due to downloads > from a pretty easily identified user agent. > > - > > - Malamud, Carl (January 24, 2013). ["Aaron's > Army"](https://public.resource.org/aaron/army/index.html). Speech at > Memorial for Aaron Swartz. Public.Resource.Org. [T]he bureaucrats who ran > the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts … called the FBI…. They found > nothing wrong. > > - > > - ["Dealing With Aaron Swartz in the Nixonian Tradition: Overzealous > Overcharging Leads to a Tragic > Result"](http://verdict.justia.com/2013/01/25/dealing-with-aaron-swartz-in-the-nixonian-tradition). > verdict.justia.com. January 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-26. > > - > > - Lauerman, John (January 15, 2013). ["MIT's embrace of Web freedom clashes > with hacking > case"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-15/mit-s-embrace-of-web-freedom-clashes-with-hacking-case.html). > Bloomberg. N.Y.C. > > - > > - Kerr, Orin (January 14, 2013). ["The criminal charges against Aaron Swartz > (Part 1: The law)"](http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/14/aaron-swartz-charges/). > The Volokh Conspiracy. Eugene Volokh. > > - > > - Boyle, James (January 18, 2013). ["The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz: A > reply to Orin > Kerr"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-boyle/prosecution-aaron-swartz_b_2508242.html). > Huffington Post. > > - > > - [Copyright Crime: The Legacy of Aaron Swartz | > madisonian.net](http://madisonian.net/2013/03/23/copyright-crime-the-legacy… > > - > > - Aaronovitch, David (January 17, 2013). ["Even if everything's free, there > can be a price: The death of hacker Aaron Swartz reveals a young generation > unaware of its own great power–or > responsibilities"](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/davidaaronovitch/article3659687.ece). > The Times. p. 23. Retrieved 2013-01-20. > > - > > - [Aaron Swartz Was Right - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher > Education](https://chronicle.com/article/Aaron-Swartz-Was-Right/137425/) > > - > > - [Essay argues that Aaron Swartz was wrong | Inside Higher > Ed](http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/01/22/essay-argues-aaron-swart… > > - > > - [Will Aaron Swartz's suicide spark copyright reform? - The > Week](http://theweek.com/article/index/238778/will-aaron-swartzs-suicide-sp… > > - > > - [How the Legal System Failed Aaron Swartz-and Us : The New > Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/everyone-int… > > - > > - Kerr, Oren, [Aaron’s Law, Drafting the Best Limits of the CFAA, And A > Reader Poll on A Few > Examples](http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/27/aarons-law-drafting-the-best-lim… > [Volokh Conspiracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Volokh_Conspiracy), 27 > January 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013. > > - > > - Wagner, Daniel; Verena Dobnik (January 13, 2013). ["Swartz' death fuels > debate over computer > crime"](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/swartz-death-fuels-debate-over-computer-crime). > Associated Press. JSTOR's attorney, Mary Jo White — formerly the top federal > prosecutor in Manhattan — had called the lead Boston prosecutor in the case > and asked him to drop it, said Peters. > > - > > - ["Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz: Part > 2"](http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/01/towards-learning-losing-aaron-swartz-part-2). > Cyberlaw.stanford.edu. January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-20. > > - > > - ["With the CFAA, Law and Justice Are Not The Same: A Response to Orin > Kerr"](http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2013/01/cfaa-law-and-justice-are-not-same-response-orin-kerr). > Cyberlaw.stanford.edu. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-20. > > - > > - [CBA National Magazine - Copyright and "I'm right to nuke you" > ethics](http://www.nationalmagazine.ca/Blog/January_2013/Copyright_and_I_m_right_to_nuke_you_ethics.aspx) > > - > > - ["The Overzealous Prosecution of Aaron > Swartz"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/the-overzealous-prosecution-of-aaron-swartz.html). > Bloomberg. > > - > > - Lofgren, Zoe and Ron Wyden, ["Introducing Aaron's Law, a Desperately > Needed Reform of the Computer Fraud and Abuse > Act"](https://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/06/aarons-law-is-finally-here/), > Wired, 20 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013. > > - > > - Guy, Sandra (January 15, 2013). ["Aaron Swartz was 'killed by government,' > father says at > funeral"](http://www.suntimes.com/business/17594002-420/aaron-swartz-memorialized-at-service.html). > Chicago Sun-Times. > > - > > - [Murphey, Shelly, US attorney's husband stirs Twitter storm on Swartz > case](http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/16/attorney-husband-causes-backl…, > [The Boston Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Globe), 16 > January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013. > > - > > - [Aaron Swartz: husband of prosecutor criticises internet activist's family > | Technology | > theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/15/aaron-s… > > - > > - Pierce, Charles P. (January 17, 2013). ["Still More About The Death Of > Aaron > Swartz"](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/aaron-swartz-case-011713), > [Esquire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_(magazine)). Retrieved > January 18, 2013. > > - > > - ["Prosecutor defends her actions after Aaron Swartz > suicide"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131213183321/http://news.msn.com/science-technology/prosecutor-defends-her-actions-after-aaron-swartz-suicide). > Archived from [the > original](https://news.msn.com/science-technology/prosecutor-defends-her-ac… > on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10. > > - > > - Castillo, Michael (March 14, 2003). ["J'accuse! Aaron Swartz's lawyers > fight prosecutors with document > dump"](http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2013/03/14/aaron-swartz-lawyers-release-information.html?page=all). > Upstart Business Journal. > > - > > - Merritt, Jeralyn (March 13, 2013). ["Aaron Swartz lawyers seek misconduct > review against > prosecutor"](http://www.talkleft.com/story/2013/3/13/21474/4122/misconduct/Aaron-Swartz-Lawyers-Seek-Misconduct-Review-Against-Prosecutor). > TalkLeft (blog). Att'y Jeralyn Merritt. > > - > > - Anderson, Derek (March 16, 2013). ["Swartz estate seeks release of > documents: Papers are under protective > order"](http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/15/aaron-swartz-defense-estate-files-motion-release-discovery-materials-government-investigation/yfODHJhOVDcJHArBPYv4qK/story.html). > Boston Globe. p. B2. Pirozzolo … has become involved in the Swartz case. > > - > > - Smith, Erin (April 3, 2013). ["U.S. attorney: Keep names out of Aaron > Swartz > case"](http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/04/us_attorney_keep_names_out_of_aaron_swartz_case). > Boston Herald. Threatening emails have been sent to … Ortiz and … Heymann. > > - > > - Kravets, David (April 2, 2013). ["Aaron Swartz's Prosecutors Were > Threatened and Hacked, DOJ > Says"](https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/swartz-prosecutors-threatened). > Wired. > > - > > - Mullin, Joe [Aaron Swartz prosecutors will unseal evidence, but won’t name > names](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/aaron-swartz-prosecutors… > 13 May 2013, [arstechnica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arstechnica). > Retrieved 26 May 2013. > > - > > - Poulsen, Kevin (November 7, 2013). ["Secret Service Report Noted Aaron > Swartz's 'Depression > Problems'"](https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/11/swartz-foia-november/). > Wired. > > - > > - ["Internet Activist's Prosecutor Linked to Another Hacker's > Death"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/justinesharrock/internet-activists-prosecutor-linked-to-another-h). > [BuzzFeed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed). > > - > > - ["WikiLeaks claims Aaron Swartz was an ally and possible source, breaking > anonymity"](https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/19/3893268/wikileaks-tweets-aaron-swartz-was-ally-and-possibly-source). > 19 January 2013. > > - > > - ["Aaron Swartz Case: US DOJ Drops All Pending Charges Against The JSTOR > Liberator, Days After His > Suicide"](https://www.ibtimes.com/aaron-swartz-case-us-doj-drops-all-pending-charges-against-jstor-liberator-days-after-his-suicide). > [International Business > Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Business_Times). 15 > January 2013. > > - > > - ["Superseding Indictment, USA v. Swartz, 1:11-cr-10260, No. 53 (D.Mass. > Sep. 12, > 2012)"](https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/Massachusetts_District_Court/1--11-cr-10260/USA_v_Swartz/53/). > Docketalarm.com. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2013-01-23.. > > External links > > - [Case Docket: USA v. > Swartz](https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.mad.137971) > > - ["Overview"](http://docs.jstor.org/). JSTOR Evidence in United States vs. > Aaron Swartz. [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR) [open access > publication – free to read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access). July > 30, 2013. > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130923020057/http://docs.jstor.org/) > from the original on September 23, 2013. > > - ["Summary of Events"](http://docs.jstor.org/summary.html). JSTOR Evidence > in United States vs. Aaron Swartz. > [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR) [open access publication – free > to read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access). July 30, 2013. > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130921064511/http://docs.jstor.org/… > from the original on September 21, 2013. > > - ["Documents"](http://docs.jstor.org/documents.html). JSTOR Evidence in > United States vs. Aaron Swartz. [JSTOR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR) > [open access publication – free to > read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access). July 30, 2013. > [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130815222515/http://docs.jstor.org/… > from the original on August 15, 2013.. Over 300 subpoenaed documents > available for download. > - [Guerilla Open Access > Manifesto](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Guerilla_Open_Access_Manifesto)

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Censorship: Twitter Permabans US Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene aka "MTG", TrialTracker, PelosiTracker
by grarpamp 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

USA, the supposed land of Freedom of Speech and Journalism, Freedom getting destroyed by Leftists, Democrats, Deep State, etc. End the insanity... Fight back! https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greenes-twitter-account-pe… https://www.reddit.com/r/FauciForPrison/comments/rudotx/twitter_suspends_re… https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/breaking-twitter-suspends-rep-marj… https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1477643928027512832 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcUhYKEcZ-8 Breaking Points https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/11/13/raid-veritas-okeefe-biden-pres… https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/white-house-flagging-posts-for-facebook-to-ce… https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/business/china-internet-police-twitter.a… https://www.reddit.com/r/benshapiro/comments/ruevjy/twitter_permanently_sus… https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/just-like-soviet-russia-t-mobile-e… On the last day of 2021, The Gateway Pundit and Jim Hoft were banned from Paypal without warning. "Getting blocked on Twitter means you did something right" "I'm an avid opponent of censorship -- Twitter CEO, founders, board” "We're the FreeSpeech wing of the FreeSpeech party -- Twitter CEO, founders, board" "New Twitter CEO Agrawal's first action was to increase censorship; banning the Nancy Pelosi Portfolio Tracker amongst other accounts" "Note how Dorsey quit before the coming storm (of retribution)" "Abandon twitter" "Sell TWTR, buy crypto." "Jenn Psaki admitted the administration is working with social media to restrict “misinformation “. That is censorship. You do not decide for me what is relevant or not and they are doing just that. Once that happens debate is gone. Experts ARE being silenced. Example Robert Malone the guy who helped develop the mRNA vaccine is no longer allowed to speak out about it. Really? So we can’t listen to an expert’s opinion now." Violent Democrats, including Kamala Harris's quotes, all flipped sides and are now telling you what to do about censors... "Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents" -- Maxine Waters 2018 "I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country. And maybe there will be, when people realize that this is a policy that they defend" -- Nancy Pelosi 2018 https://t.me/RealMarjorieGreene https://twitter.com/RepMTG https://twitter.com/mtgreenee https://polititweet.org/tweets?account=826065164504006657 https://openvaers.com/ Marjorie's last words of truth to the public via twitter... " It' 2022. After 2020, we crossed into a new time dating method. BC and AC. Before Covid. After Covid. We are moving into the third year AC. Before Covid, People didn't go to the doctor for medical tests unless you were sick. After Covid, Covid testing has become required for whether you are sick or not. The only people winning are the companies who sell Covid test kits bc the government mandates it. Before Covid, Employers were angered by employees that faked being sick to get out of work. After Covid, Employers demand Covid testing weekly of UV employees displaying zero symptoms and send them home from work if they are positive but not even sick, killing productivity. Before Covid, Well people would have scoffed at long lines of people testing to find out if they are sick or not. After Covid, Well people are required to covid test to be allowed to work or in hopes they test positive in order to get out of work. Before Covid, Employers didn't demand employees vaccine records and firing employees based on their private medical info would have been discrimination & grounds for lawsuits. After Covid, Healthy employees are fired, not based on job performance, but on vax status. Before Covid, Well people were welcomed everywhere and there was no discrimination based on vaccine status and no one ever asked. After Covid, Unvaccinated healthy people are a subclass being fired and denied services, even though they have natural immunity & aren't sick. Before Covid, Doctors saved lives and never discriminated against sick or injured people based on vaccine record. After Covid, Doctors are refusing to treat sick or injured people if they aren't Covid vaxxed violating their Hippocratic Oath. Before Covid, Tiny % of high risk people took personal responsibility from dangers to their health and the high % of low risk people kept life going. After Covid, Government forced high % of low risk healthy people to stop life, ruining our economy & children's education. Before Covid, Masking healthy children from a virus that hardly is a risk to any child was unheard of and would never happen. After Covid, Masking healthy children is the norm ruining their natural learning & causing illness by repeated use of dirty mask filled with germs. Before Covid, Criminals wore masks to hide their identity and face coverings were frowned upon by law enforcement. After Covid, People are considered criminals if they don't wear masks and are held accountable by law enforcement. Before Covid, People understood how viruses spread and said they wouldn't comply to tyrannical governments. After Covid, People go along with fictitious rules about how viruses spread and comply with tyrannical government agencies silly rules. Before Covid, If a vaccine worked, it protected the vaccinated people from virus/disease. Only 1-2 shots were needed and boosters weren't needed until years later. After Covid, Covid Vaccinated people still get covid & some die, even 2 shots & 1-2 boosters are not enough. Before Covid, Reported deaths from vaccines were taken seriously and dangerous vaccines were stopped. After Covid, Extremely high amounts of covid vaccine deaths are ignored and government forced vaccine mandates increase. Before Covid, Treatment for virus/disease used facts/data to treat & protect the vulnerable. After Covid, Government mandates unnecessary vaccines for low risk people. Knowing 90% of deaths are 50+ and w/ obesity, diabetes, and heart conditions, the Gov ignores treatments. Before Covid, When it came to virus/disease the focus was to save lives not the method. After Covid, The government chosen method (vaccines) and the chosen pharmaceutical companies are the focus instead of life saving treatments. Before Covid, Ivermectin was widely available and a long trusted cheap life saving medicine. After Covid, Even with studies showing Ivermectin safety and effectiveness against covid, the FDA is blocking the use of Ivermectin for covid. Before Covid, Discriminating on the basis of color was wrong. After Covid, If you are white, you are likely last to receive life saving monoclonal antibodies. Before Covid, We were all equal. After Covid, If you are unvaccinated, you're no longer equal and the President of the United States thinks unvaccinated Americans are more dangerous than China, open borders, and high crime. Before Covid, We were free. After Covid, We are no longer free. The question is will the people break free from covid psychosis before it's too late. "

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Cryptocurrency: FDIC Infested With Agents
by grarpamp 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

Global fiat currencies will be locked down, CBDC's will be foisted. Gold Silver TradeGoods and Cryptocurrency will be the only financial freedom you have. You have been warned, over a decade ago. Recall the Saule Omarova affair. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/fdic-chair-resigns-warns-democrats… FDIC Chair Resigns, Warns Democrats Launching ‘Hostile Takeover’ By Cassandra Fairbanks Published January 2, 2022 at 3:00pm Comment FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced her resignation on Friday after warning that Democrats had launched a “hostile takeover” of the agency. McWilliams resigned in an open letter addressed to President Biden. McWilliams was appointed to the position in 2018 by President Donald Trump. “When I immigrated to this country 30 years ago, I did so with a firm belief in the American system of government. During my tenure at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the United States Senate, and the FDIC, I have developed a deep appreciation for these venerable institutions and their traditions. It has been a tremendous honor to serve this nation, and I did not take a single day for granted. Throughout my public service, I have been constantly reminded how blessed we are to live in the United States of America,” the letter stated. TRENDING: Just Like Soviet Russia: T-Mobile Is Erasing Links to Gateway Pundit Articles if You Send Them by Text Message -- MORE UPDATES... In December, McWilliams published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled, “A Hostile Takeover of the FDIC.” “Of the 20 chairmen who preceded me at the FDIC, nine faced a majority of the board members from the opposing party, including Mr. Gruenberg as chairman under President Trump until I replaced him as chairman in 2018,” McWilliams wrote. “Never before has a majority of the board attempted to circumvent the chairman to pursue their own agenda.” “This conflict isn’t about bank mergers. If it were, board members would have been willing to work with me and the FDIC staff rather than attempt a hostile takeover of the FDIC internal processes, staff and board agenda.” McWilliams’ resignation will go into effect on February 4.

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Censorship: Telecoms Censoring Links Sent Via SMS
by grarpamp 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

This is serious business if someone confirms... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/just-like-soviet-russia-t-mobile-e… Just Like Soviet Russia: T-Mobile Is Erasing Links to Gateway Pundit Articles if You Send Them by Text Message — MORE UPDATES… By Jim Hoft Published January 2, 2022 at 8:25am Comment Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Communists were known for their airbrushing. If a top official lost favor with Stalin they were eliminated and airbrushed from society as if they never existed. Who would have ever thought this practice would come to our shores one day? On the last day of 2021, The Gateway Pundit and Jim Hoft were banned from Paypal without warning. Now, we learned the tech giants are using a frightening new method to censor and control what you are able to see, read and discuss online. TRENDING: Just Like Soviet Russia: T-Mobile Is Erasing Links to Gateway Pundit Articles if You Send Them by Text Message -- MORE UPDATES... Gateway Pundit reader “Mark from Louisiana” sent us this email on Friday: Hi. I live in Louisiana but I have a 949 area code phone from when I lived in California. When I try sending a text with your website link in it, the link does not go through to my friends and family. My sister is in the 225 area code and she can send the link to me without it being blocked. Just thought I would let you know. Thanks. Mark We asked Mark to send us more information and this is what he sent back. Hi Jim. In one of the screenshots you can see where my sister tried to send me your website link four times but I never got it. The other two screenshots it shows me sending a link to one of your articles, that’s the one with the picture of the fox in it. In the other screenshot from my sister it shows that she never received the link. The text message it still has the fox in it. I hope this helps. But what I realized is it’s actually just my boost T-Mobile carrier that’s blocking your links. I have a friend in the 949 area code and he was able to send it to his wife, however, I can only receive it in a group text. Let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks. Mark. Here is a screengrab of the text message Mark sent to his sister. And here is what she received. The Gateway Pundit link has been “disappeared.” This was not an isolated case. We have received dozens of these emails this weekend. The Gateway Pundit is one of the top 250 websites in the country in 2021. We had over 900,000,000 million page views in 2021. TGP continually offers breaking news and our reporting is second to none. As the mainstream media continues to shovel out their lies and refuses to report the truth, The Gateway Pundit continues to grow year after year. Because of this, they hate us and do EVERYTHING possible to destroy us. This weekend Paypal shut down our accounts without warning. And now T-Mobile is disappearing our links. You cannot send our links through T-mobile. They will disappear them. Your friends will not even know that you sent them a Gateway Pundit article. If only there was an opposition party in America to confront this madness. We have several more examples like the one above. We will post them later. >From reader Tina: This is very true. I just tested it. I have been a T-Mobile customer since 2004 but I will find a new carrier. Possiibly freedom phone. >From reader Scott: I am on the Sprint network and have to get a new phone to transition to the T-Mobile network. But the phone I texted recently went on the T-Mobile network; we live in the 757 area code in Virginia. And as you can see the link I sent to the article did not go through. It should be there right before the text that did which just said Test. >From reader Melanie: Hey, don’t know if this is anything but I was attempting to share links of a few stories you’ve posted via TEXT to my friend. None of them went through to her. So, we tried different stories they posted just fine via text. JUST Gateways story links aren’t going through. I have T-mobile Samsung Note 10+, my friend has Verizon and an Apple Ios phone. I ended up sending the links through Facebook Messenger and my friend got them just fine then. I am willing to contact t-mobile and inquire about why specifically gateway pundits links aren’t going through but others are. >From reader Alexander, we asked him to send us a screenshot: Maybe this is a tip, maybe it isn’t but my wife and I have been experimenting with texting links from The Gateway Pundit after she tried sending me a link to the article about the VA nurse you guys carried. I never received the link, so we tried sending several URL links from her T-mobile phone to my Verizon phone and vice versa, and on both ends we never received the links. I tried sending the link from my Google voice number to her t-mobile phone and she did not receive but if I sent it from my google voice to my Verizon phone it would go through. We’ve now tried this with several other companies including Breitbart, Fox News, CNN, and The Wallstreet Journal, and all with no issue. We were also able to replicate this issue with 4 other friends who have T-mobile but faced no issue with friends with Verizon, ATT, and Spectrum Mobile. It looks like T-mobile may be blocking The Gateway Pundit links, at least in Los Angeles, CA. >From Matt: I tried to share a link with my wife, my daughter, and a co-worker. Later we realized it never got sent through. We tried it again and it didn’t go through. I screenshotted the conversation and sent that and it went through. All three have iPhones. I have Samsung. We are all on Sprint/TMobile. When I put extra “w’s” into the link address it went through to my daughter. They are now censoring news links via text now. Please hit Tmobile or Apple, please! >From another reader: This is clearly a terrifying new form of censorship of the right from providers, blocking personal communications containing information they don’t like. I’ve attached screenshots of two sets of messages, one sent from me and another that was received by the person I was sending to. Please do not publish these images, in case they contain any personal information in the image or metadata. You will see that any link containing “thegatewaypundit.com” is not received. The same goes for a link to any individual article. I first discovered this when sending a link to someone else that I was expecting them to react to. I asked why they didn’t reply, and it turns out they never received the message. Testing it further, it turns out the text message service on my phone (android, t-mobile service) will not send or receive any link containing thegatewaypundit.com. The signal app does allow it, so it must be android or t-mobile. I imagine you all are losing a lot of traffic to this censorship. Based on the screenshot above, it seems that the word thegatewaypundit will go through but not the link. >From David: If I share an article link from thegatewaypundit to anyone via my cellphone, it never arrives despite it saying it was sent. I even just shared simply www.thegatewaypundit.com, same thing. Had others try with their phones, same results. It looks like the cell phone companies are not allowing links of your articles, or even your page to be sent via text message. I am with t-mobile. Samsung galaxy a32 I think. We ran an experiment at work with Apple devices on Verizon and they were doing the exact same thing. I do have a screenshot between me and my wife, she has a galaxy s21. I can send it if you want. One reader claimed that T-mobile in Philadelphia won’t allow links from TGP to go through. Here in Philadelphia my Tmobile phone won’t allow texts from TGP to go through and no message indicating it didn’t. The Gateway Pundit reached out to T-mobile. We will update this post with any response we receive from the company. More… Dear Mr Hoft, Today I saw the article about T mobile erasing GP’s links, I decided to test it. I sat across from my mom with her phone in hand a (541) area code sending links from Gateway Pundit to her from my (714) area NOTHING will go through!! We also tried from her phone to mine and nothing. So I tried other links National File, Big League Politics and even a Gardening site all went through instantly. This is very upsetting and I wanted you to know we will be contacting T mobile since we aren’t getting what we are paying and they have no right to do this Brianna I couldn\’t believe this could happen, so I just texted the link to this article from my phone to my wife\’s, both 248 area codes that and numbers that we\’ve had for years. Th entire message containing the link never went, the very next message went fine. They deleted not just the link but the entire messge. I guess I\’ll have to change providers. I read your story about t-mobile blocking texts. My wife and I have sprint/t-mobile so I tested it and sure enough all GP links are not going through. All other text are going through. I called sprint to complain. My call is supposedly being escalated but I have been on hold waiting for a “supervisor” for over 30 mins now. I’m furious! I just read your article and decided to try it out. My husband and I both have T-Mobile phones. I watched his screen in real time as I sent these texts, and they did not show up! I have attached the images to this email. Please confirm receipt of this email,so that I will know if Gmail even lets it go through. Just for your awareness and more proof. I attempted to send the very article about T-Mobiles tyranny to my sister in-law and brother and had the same results. Please see attached picture of text time stamp. I sent the message Hey to see she also tried and the link did not come through as her snip it of the article she looked up after I told them. Google fi is my phone service. It uses T-Mobile, Sprint and US Cellular. I have the same problem. I can not receive or send text with Gateway links. Surprisingly the links go thru on Facebook messenger. I stumbled across your article and got curious. Even here, in itty bitty rural PA my t-mobile phone said it send the article but the recipient, sitting next to me (with xfinity mobile) never received anything. This is absolutely insane to me. Have we really hit this much of a low?! We must be getting close if they are trying this hard to censor the truth. I am a T-Mobile customer and very appalled at them over this. I did some additional testing on incoming messages with GP link from a non-T-Mobile customer to a T-Mobile customer. Both via text messaging and e-mail to text. If either contains a live GP article link T-Mobile is also preventing it from being delivered from the non-T-Mobile customer. Unless you had a previous notice from the sender of the article prior to it being sent, you would never know it. I did a 2nd test of forwarding the original e-mail to text, but with live link removed. That email to text was received with no issues. There is a 3rd test that I have not done yet and just thought of, and that would be the link is attached but removing the hyper link making the link just words. I just did the test of removing the hyper link, e-mail to text, and it was not delivered. Is there a way to send you screen shots showing what I did testing wise? Not sure what good it will do, but I am sending this issue to not just one of our local tv stations but the 6 in my home area and also the 4 where I have a 2nd home out of state. I don\’t normally get overly worked up on most things, but this is the so-called final straw. I hope enough people become enlightened to this that if one carrier will do this who will the next one be to follow in T-Mobile\’s footsteps before anything is done and it is too late. As a T-Mobile customer I will be looking for a new carrier immediately. Also, over the last 3 years or so I have converted about 15 friends and family to switch to T-Mobile, pretty sure once I apprise them of this, they will be more than willing to switch to a more friendly carrier. After all, if you are the 1st for them then who will be next to be censored? Breitbart, The New York Post, Fox, Just The News, etc… Pretty sure if you were a CNN, New York Times, WaPo, MSNBC or any of the other alphabet networks or bird cage liners, etc. the uproar would be so loud that those on the space station could hear it loud and clear as though they were standing right in the middle of the commotion. As a side note, have a conservative friend who found this to be unbelievable. He is a Verizon customer, he is a believer now. Told him to grab any of your articles and try sending. He sent your general web link to no specific article. He sent me a screen shot of it. It was never received. UPDATE: A reader of Gateway Pundit named Jeremy has called T-mobile regarding the censorship. He spent an hour on the phone with them. At some point, the supervisor tried to blame Google. Here’s the excerpt from his email: I read your story about t-mobile blocking texts. My wife and I have sprint/t-mobile so I tested it and sure enough all GP links are not going through. All other text are going through. I called sprint to complain. My call is supposedly being escalated but I have been on hold waiting for a “supervisor” for over 30 mins now… So I ended up spending over an hour on the phone with them. The “supervisor” claims they do not have the ability to monitor texts and tried to blame Google. So I asked why would Google have control over my texts. She assumed I use Chrome. I told her no I use Brave browser. That shut down the Google blame. Then she had me check some settings all settings were set correctly. She then wanted me to go through basic troubleshooting, clear cache…. I refused because as I told her it’s not just my phone. It’s my wife’s and apparently anyone using t-mobile. Anyway my issue is being escalated again and I’m supposed to get a call back in 2-5 business days. While on hold I kept hearing a recorded message/commercial saying we here at t-mobile are family. All I could think is yeah and t-mobile thinks they are the parents. UPDATE– Here’s another update… We are getting dozens of emails like this tonight. Hey Jim! I am on TMobile in Indiana. I ran a test and sent your “TMobile” article to my parents who are also in Indiana but on ATT. The text link was sent separately and did not go through tonight. I can assure you that this is a recent act of tryanny as I have sent out numerous GP links to family before the holidays that had no problems. Thank you for all you do and God Bless Jonny in Indiana Here’s another from reader Larry… Hey Jim, Ran tests with 7 different people and tgp links wouldn’t go through. Couldn’t even send the tgp link to myself but had no problem sending myself a cnn.com link. Go figure. Contacted Tmobile and they said there was no block on your site. I ensured them that there was and unless they corrected the situation within 48 hours, I would be changing carriers. I’ve been a TMobile customer for 15 years and this is shocking. This isn’t social media, I PAY THEM to deliver my messages whether they agree or not. Keep up the great work. Many blessings to you and your family. Thank you, Larry S

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Presearch is a Tokenized Web Search
by k 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

Haven't reviewed this, but it might provide a way for devs to evade websearch censorship. https://presearch.org https://github.com/presearchofficial Presearch is a decentralized search engine Search privately, receive better results and get rewarded with the Presearch decentralized search engine, powered by blockchain technology.

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