Outrage at Aaron Swartz Prosecutor's Role in Death
January 18, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was "killed by the government," his father told mourners Tuesday during his son's funeral in suburban Chicago.
Swartz, who help create Reddit and RSS, the technology behind blogs, podcasts and other web-based subscription services, was found dead Friday in his New York apartment. He was facing federal charges that alleged he illegally gained access to millions of articles from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer archive."*
Eyes are turning on U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and MIT for their possible roles in the death of internet activist, Aaron Swartz. Swartz's father says his son was killed by the government at the funeral, but people from the government's side are saying otherwise. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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