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First Portions of Aaron Swartz's Secret Service File Released

Posted by Unknown on from the can't-make-jstor-look-bad dept.

Despite attempts by MIT and JSTOR to block the release of files pertaining the Aaron Swartz investigation, the court has ordered the release of documents not referencing MIT or JSTOR. There are approximately 14,500 pages of documents that will be released over the coming six months, after having information that could lead to harm against MIT or JSTOR employees redacted. Wired has the full story, and the author uploaded the first hundred pages of files. The first batch reveals that the Feds had indeed been looking into Swartz since the publication of his 2008 'Guerilla Open Access Manifesto,' several years before being indicted for copying documents from JSTOR.

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  1. MIT/JSTOR redactions == cowardice by sethstorm · · Score: 1, Troll

    With that kind of cowardice, you could black out the nearly the entire document just for someone's sensitivies.

    Now if that information is released, that would be telling.

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