The untimely death of Aaron Swartz

[Niall]

The inspiring heroism of Aaron Swartz

"This system offended Swartz (and many other free-data activists) for two reasons: it charged large fees for access to these articles but did not compensate the authors, and worse, it ensured that huge numbers of people are denied access to the scholarship produced by America's colleges and universities. The indictment filed against Swartz alleged that he used his access as a Harvard fellow to the JSTOR system to download millions of articles with the intent to distribute them online for free; when he was detected and his access was cut off, the indictment claims he then trespassed into an MIT computer-wiring closet in order to physically download the data directly onto his laptop."

It makes me wonder what Swartz might have found among those 'pay-per-view' articles.

Swartz's family released a statement saying:

Aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts US Attorney's office and at MIT contributed to his death.

Compare and contrast two 'hactivists', Julian Assange and Aaron Swartz: Both run into trouble with the law. One ends up dead after downloading academic papers with the intent to distribute; the other achieves fame after actually distributing millions of 'top secret' files of the most powerful forces on the planet to major media outlets.

And now that Swartz is no longer a threat...

US court drops charges on Aaron Swartz days after his suicide

 

[Laura]

One wonders, of course, if it was really only suicide? Obviously, he was driven to it.

 

[Galaxia2002]

One wonders, of course, if it was really only suicide? Obviously, he was driven to it.

I completely agree. When I read the news I thought if this would be the beginning of this:

A: Today was not the end of the world in case you didn't notice, however an "end" of sorts will certainly come as we have been suggesting for many years. Time is never definite. Things also happen in steps and stages. The major steps include things like assassinations that are accepted by the masses. When such is not objected to, then the next stage is prepared.

[...]

Q: (Belibaste) Okay, that's what we thought. (L) Next question? (Perceval) They made a comment in there about assassinations. They made a reference to major steps being like assassinations that are accepted by the masses. Is that what the Sandy Hook massacre was?

A: Well, we had in mind things like JFK, RFK, John Lennon, Diana, and others of note. Of course the Sandy Hook affair was an assassination of sorts, but more along the line of psyops with an objective.

He was a hero for many people and with the capacity of giving of heart according people who know him. If "they" continue to kill anti- system people and want to go unnoticed, drive people to suicide could be the preferred way to do it, so I expect more of that in the future.

 

[Rich]

Stephen Lendman thinks along similar lines: http://www.sott.net/article/256333-Aaron-Swartzs-suspicious-death

Did Aaron take his own life or was he killed? Moti Nissani is Wayne State University Department of Biology Professor Emeritus. "Who Killed Aaron Swartz," he asked?

He quoted Bob Marley saying: "How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?" He listed reasons why Obama administration scoundrels wanted him dead.

His death "was preceded by a vicious, totally unjustified, campaign of surveillance, harassment, vilification, and intimidation."

CIA/FBI/Mossad/MI5 assassins expertly "mak(e) murder look like suicide." Numerous "enemies of the state" die under suspicious circumstances. Media scoundrels don't explain.

US authorities "had excellent reasons to kill" Aaron. He was legendary in his own right like John Lennon, MLK, Malcolm X and others. He threatened status quo dominance. He denounced Obama's kill list and anti-Iranian cyber attacks.

Powerful government and business figures deplored him. In 2009, FBI elements investigated him. Charges didn't follow.

Despite extreme pressure, he pressed on. He defied prosecutorial authority. In October 2009, he posted his FBI file online. Doing do "probably signed his own lynch warrant," said Nissani.

Two days before his death, JSTOR, his alleged victim, declined to press charges. It went further. It "announced that the archives of more than 1,200 of its journals would be available to the public free."

Aaron had just cause to celebrate. "Are we to believe" he hanged himself instead?

Reminiscent of the 'suicide' of another young advocate of privacy and threat to the establishment: http://www.sott.net/article/237907-Diaspora-social-network-co-founder-dead-at-22

Local media reports indicated that Ilya Zhitomirskiy may have committed suicide, but the coroner's office said it will take several weeks to determine the cause of death.

Zhitomirskiy was one of four US college students who launched Diaspora last year in a bid to win fans as an easier, more private alternative to social networking powerhouse Facebook. [...] Zhitomirskiy and three fellow students at New York University built Diaspora as a "privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network."

Edit: Moti Nissani Article here: http://www.sott.net/article/256334-Who-killed-Aaron-Swartz

 

[Laura]

All this is getting really creepy, ya know? I mean, it really is like Nazi Germany but they "sugar over" everything with double-speak and have the technology to do away with people in ways other than "night of the long knives" blatancy.

In other words, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are KILLING critics and opponents and dissidents.

 

[Nancy2feathers]

It really makes me ill all over thinking about how much power the gov`t has and what crimes they are capable of committing.

 

[Nienna]

All this is getting really creepy, ya know? I mean, it really is like Nazi Germany but they "sugar over" everything with double-speak and have the technology to do away with people in ways other than "night of the long knives" blatancy.

In other words, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are KILLING critics and opponents and dissidents.

I totally agree. I was also wondering if it was an actual suicide. But just seeing what they were throwing at him makes it obvious that the government is really the one who killed him as his family are also realizing.

Those in control are doing all they can to kill free thinking and free speech, which is always done in a in a military state.

 

[Laura]

All this is getting really creepy, ya know? I mean, it really is like Nazi Germany but they "sugar over" everything with double-speak and have the technology to do away with people in ways other than "night of the long knives" blatancy.

In other words, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are KILLING critics and opponents and dissidents.

I totally agree. I was also wondering if it was an actual suicide. But just seeing what they were throwing at him makes it obvious that the government is really the one who killed him as his family are also realizing.

Those in control are doing all they can to kill free thinking and free speech, which is always done in a in a military state.

Yes indeed. And I can't help but think that all the crap that gets thrown at us here is a similar program though we are still sorta small potatoes.

 

[SeekinTruth]

All this is getting really creepy, ya know? I mean, it really is like Nazi Germany but they "sugar over" everything with double-speak and have the technology to do away with people in ways other than "night of the long knives" blatancy.

In other words, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are KILLING critics and opponents and dissidents.

I totally agree. I was also wondering if it was an actual suicide. But just seeing what they were throwing at him makes it obvious that the government is really the one who killed him as his family are also realizing.

Those in control are doing all they can to kill free thinking and free speech, which is always done in a in a military state.

Yeah, from what I've read so far, these are my thoughts, as well. They could have really messed with him with "secret high tech" too. Could you imagine the prosecution team going after so aggressively to prosecute some of the blatant high criminals, like the banksters, pedo network higher-ups, etc.? And isn't it interesting (as alluded to by Kniall) after which "investigation" they did end up bringing charges against Swartz -- acting against the system of charging exorbitant fees for scientific papers, making it out of reach for most people and enriching the publishers with no benefits to the authors? If that's not telling, I don't know what is. The corruption of science and what it's hiding are a VERY high stakes game.

 

[Palinurus]

Before knowing this topic had already been opened up, I posted similar thoughts as those of Galaxia 2002 above in the 21 December 2012 session thread here:

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,29988.msg391750.html#msg391750

Coincidence or what? ;)

 

[whitecoast]

Do you think it would be worth asking the C's about the circumstances of his death during the next session? For all we know by the time the next one rolls around the number of "untimely deaths" to ask about could get even higher. :/

 

[Marcus-Aurelius]

It really makes me ill all over thinking about how much power the gov`t has and what crimes they are capable of committing.

And get away with!
It makes me sicker to realize that the great majority of people is just unable to see all of this. Most of people are just immersed in a dream like state, thinking that the world is just right. Even well educated people think like this. But it is not! And sometimes I would want to cry it so loud that it could be heard all over the planet. It makes one sceptic about any possible bright future. Everything is so dark, people in power are so vicious that you begin doubt that there will still be good people to change things one day!

 

[Niall]

The grotesque thing about it is that it's completely legal under the NDAA. The U.S. government has granted itself the legal authority to disappear, assassinate and 'suicide' American citizens.

NDAA Actually Gives Obama the Legal Authority to Kill or Detain Romney Without Trial

 

[seek10]

All this is getting really creepy, ya know? I mean, it really is like Nazi Germany but they "sugar over" everything with double-speak and have the technology to do away with people in ways other than "night of the long knives" blatancy.

In other words, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are KILLING critics and opponents and dissidents.

I totally agree. I was also wondering if it was an actual suicide. But just seeing what they were throwing at him makes it obvious that the government is really the one who killed him as his family are also realizing.

Those in control are doing all they can to kill free thinking and free speech, which is always done in a in a military state.

one would wonder How many "steps" and "stages" in the process ?. Unbelievable!. They did this to nuclear scientists , GMO researchers, honest officials and now they are expanding this to internet technology activists.

 

[Psalehesost]

Everything is so dark, people in power are so vicious that you begin doubt that there will still be good people to change things one day!

I think it's clear that any positive change would be extremely unlikely until and unless civilization as we know it collapses completely first.

It's a race - how bad can the pathocrats make it before it all falls apart?