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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by nab on Sunday January 13, 2013 @04:46PM (#5051982)
What makes you think he was thrown under the bus? I figured they chose him because he's widely respected within the MIT community. edit: http://xkcd.com/386/
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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by rhizome on Sunday January 13, 2013 @07:38PM (#5052594)
Right. "Widely respected" implies a presumption of a valid outcome. He may have been chosen to be the person most able to sell the results to Aaron's supporters.
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