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Blogs Liberty and Power Did the Government Drive Aaron Swartz to Suicide?

Jan 26, 2013

Did the Government Drive Aaron Swartz to Suicide?

by Liberty and Power

My latest op-ed explores the case of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy and Internet freedom activist who faced 35 years in prison before taking his own life this month.