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February 12, 2013

Why Is the White House Silent on Aaron Swartz?

Andy Greenberg, Forbes


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U.S. assistant attorney Stephen Heymann built his career taking on hackers in computer crime cases. Now at least 25,000 people believe he took one such case too far–enough voices that the White House will have to respond to their calls that he be fired.

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