Department of Justice? Or Department of Vendetta?

“The report also indicates that the Department elevated its charges against Swartz in response to an Internet campaign conducted by Demand Progress in support of Swartz at the time of his arrest,” Issa continued. “…The suggestion that prosecutors did in fact seek to make an example out of Aaron Swartz because Demand Progress exercised its First Amendment rights in publicly supporting him raises new questions about the Department’s handling of the case.”

Try to bring light to the abuses of the system and get 2 extra books thrown at you.  Every individual involved in Aaron Schwartz's prosecution needs to be disbarred and held accountable for the 3 ring circus.

Hackers have been busy

"Activists from the hacker collective known as Anonymous assumed control over the homepage of a Department of Justice agency this morning.

In a manifesto left on the defaced page, the group demanded reform to the American justice system and what the activists said are threats to the free flow of information.

The lengthy essay largely mirrors previous demands from Anonymous, but this time the group also cited the recent suicide of Reddit co-founder and activist Aaron Swartz as has having "crossed a line" for the group. Swartz was facing up to 35 years in prison on computer fraud charges"

So when they aren't busy messing with my accounts they are going after Obama's DOJ.

How computer hacking laws make you a criminal

"In 1970, a 14-year-old boy dialed into a nationwide computer network, uploaded a virus he had written and caused the entire network to crash.

That boy was Bill Gates. Five years later, he founded Microsoft.

A few years later, two young men went around college dorms in California selling boxes of wires that let students bypass telephone-company restrictions and make long-distance calls for free."

The law isn't keeping up with technology.  In some cases, I feel it is intentional.  If you can be charged with a crime for something so innocuous as wanting to protect your on-line privacy that you can be charged with a felony for violating the Terms of Service, such as what happened to Aaron Schwartz something is very screwy.