>>14028176

>Aaron Swartz

From the article archived below. Swartz speech from 2008:

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that’s out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open Access.

With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we’ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?

https://archive.ph/DGLSb

>>14028512 (me)

"A caution: we can't say what this really means when it comes to Aaron Swartz. The aim of these tweets could be to imply that the US Attorney's Office and Secret Service targeted Swartz in order to get at WikiLeaks, and that Swartz died still defending his contacts' anonymity. Taking that implied claim at face value would be irresponsible without more evidence.

However, these tweets add up to an extraordinary statement from WikiLeaks itself. By doxxing (removing the anonymity) of Swartz as an ally and possible source, WikiLeaks may have broken its own rules of anonymity."

https://archive.ph/VBrm5