Friday, 9 January 2015

Obama won’t fire Aaron Swartz’s federal prosecutors

Obama won’t fire Aaron Swartz’s federal prosecutors


Citing "personnel matters," the White House is refusing to fire two federal officials involved in the prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide ahead of his hacking trial. “We will not address agency personnel matters in a petition response,” the White House wrote Wednesday. “We do not believe this is the appropriate forum in which to do so.” Two years ago, White House petitions demanded that the Obama administration...

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