Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The law as a murder weapon

The recent suicides of two hackers reveal how the government now deals with its detractors - it haggles them to death with the law:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/ortiz-heymann-swartz-accountability-abuse

If the power exists someone will abuse it.

The other point that isn't getting enough attention is the comparative effort the DOJ devotes to these hacking crimes versus that given to actual physical murders (drone assassinations) and trillion dollar thefts by Wall Street bankers.

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