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Aaron Swartz, Carmen Ortiz and the meaning of justice
Aaron Swartz in January 2012 An earlier version of this commentary was published on Sunday at The Huffington Post. The suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz has prompted a wave of revulsion...
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The Globe turns up the heat on Carmen Ortiz
Given The Boston Globe’s past favorable coverage of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, I’m heartened to see how aggressively the paper is covering her conduct in the investigation of the late Internet...
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It’s interesting that even a conservative like John E. Sununu is disgusted with the actions of MIT and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz regarding their investigation of the late Internet democracy activist...
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The Swartz suicide and the sick culture of the Justice Dept.
Republished by permission of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, where this article first appeared. Thanks to my friend Harvey for making this available to readers of Media Nation. By Harvey A. Silverglate...
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‘Material support’ and the case of Tarek Mehanna
Tarek Mehanna In today’s Boston Globe, civil-liberties lawyer and friend of Media Nation Harvey Silverglate explains in chilling detail the constitutional underpinnings — or, rather, the absence of...
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Swartz case leads Media Nation’s top 10 of 2013
Aaron Swartz speaking in 2012 Last January, not long after the young Internet genius Aaron Swartz committed suicide, civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate wrote powerfully about the abusive...
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