Federal Judge Orders Secret Service To Release Files On Internet Activist Aaron Swartz
Source: RawStory
The Secret Service’s files on deceased cyber-activist Aaron Swartz must be made public, a judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued her ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by Wired reporter Kevin Poulsen, who is investigating the reasons for the heavy-handed prosecution that spurred Swartz to commit suicide.
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Prosecutors threatened him with up to 30 years in prison, and Swartz committed suicide by hanging in January, at just 26 years old. His family later blamed “prosecutorial overreach” for Swartz’s suicide and blasted MIT for failing to stand up for one of its brightest students.
Poulsen was quick to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hoping to learn what exactly the Secret Service dredged up on Swartz during its investigation. That FOIA request was denied in February, so Poulsen sued.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/09/federal-judge-orders-secret-service-to-release-files-on-internet-activist-aaron-swartz/
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