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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by 1000units on Friday December 14, 2018 @03:03PM (#18684138)
It's merely claimed that he made such a statement. Where? To whom (there are multiple authors, one of them?) None of this is indicated.

Modern journalism is garbage, and you've already demonstrated the public accounting of this case is poor quality. We can speculate why.

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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by googlryas on Friday December 14, 2018 @03:22PM (#18684324)
(using a different account because I've apparently posted too much for HN)

From the article:

> "Swartz’s lead defense attorney, Elliot Peters, said today that both he and Swartz rejected the plea deal offered by the office of US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and instead were pushing for a trial where federal prosecutors would have been forced to publicly justify their pursuit of Swartz."

There are multiple interviews where Elliot Peters makes the same claim.

https://www.keker.com/news/news-items/Elliot-Peters-Discusse...

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/17/nation/la-na-nn-aaro...

I really have no idea what you're complaining about, or what you expect. Do you need a recorded video of Elliot Peters saying these things about the plea, and then displaying his drivers license and stating his social security number? The way the reporting was done in my original link is completely standard.

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Re:FBI secretly collected data on Aaron Swartz earlier than ... by 1000units on Friday December 14, 2018 @03:36PM (#18684467)
Thank you, I now accept this claim, though it really should be on a blockchain.
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