James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

Re:James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died by dang on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:44PM (#16110883)

That is so cheap, smug, and uncivil a comment as to be a bannable offence on Hacker News. I'm not going to ban you because you've posted good comments as well, but please don't do it again. If I could sentence you to a moment's self-reflection, though, I sure would.

Taking the occasion of someone's death to smear him like this is staggering—or would be if it weren't so trivial. One expects nothing better of any internet forum, but please don't drag this one down.

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Re:James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died by TheCowboy on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:14PM (#16111446)

I can't respond to a dead post, but I thought it would be good to note out of respect and contextualize the Iraq experience as something that James Dolan didn't trivialize:

"We don’t know why James took his own life; we do know, however, he long suffered from PTSD from his time serving in the Marines during the Iraq War. It was an experience that affected him in multiple ways. He often cited the Iraq War as his inspiration for wanting to help journalists and whistleblowers; it made him realize governments needed to be much more transparent and accountable."

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