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Yeah, let him become desaparecido in obscurity. Nacht und Nebel. What a "favor." Do you really think that he will be invited to post incriminating comments h
by asciilifeform 15y ago
Yeah, let him become desaparecido in obscurity.
Nacht und Nebel.
What a "favor."
Do you really think that he will be invited to post incriminating comments here from his jail cell?
- tptacek 15y agoIs he in jail? For this? I'd be shocked. I think even Mark Abene made bail, and he reprogrammed telco switches.
- asciilifeform 15y agoIf he isn't, he will be soon. I will be surprised if he is allowed into an airport.
- tptacek 15y agoOh, you're trolling. OK.
- asciilifeform 15y agoI have stated my honest opinion. You are, however, free to believe that I was trolling. I can't stop you. I invite the moderators to delete my account, if they believe that I am a troll. As things are, I merely refuse to go along with the herd-think on this site.
- jrockway 15y agoYou seem to have a lot of comments for someone who doesn't even have a TV Drama-level understanding of the criminal justice system. You know that even people accused of murder are often free during their trials, right?
- asciilifeform 15y agoA political prisoner is not usually granted bail. It isn't hard to see why. Murder is a genuine crime recognized by all nations. One accused of murder will find few people who are automatically sympathetic. On the other hand, the "crime" Mr. Swartz is accused of would be seen as an entirely moral act by a great many people around the world, myself included. It is quite possible that if he were to board a plane, he could find a place where he would not only be able to continue in his line of work, but would be respected as a hero who flipped the finger at the Evil Empire and its fat rent-seeking parasites. The prosecutor would be quite foolish to grant bail.
- jrockway 15y agoThe prosecutor would be quite foolish to grant bail. This is what I'm saying. The prosecutor does not make bail decisions. That's a decision for a presumably-neutral judge.
- tptacek 15y agoHeading off a message board nerd response: the prosecutor does make influential bail recommendations. But don't you get the impression that this particular commenter would be disappointed if Swartz wasn't imprisoned immediately? That sure would cut down the drama and cost the commenter some opportunities to howl at the moon about political prisoners.
- burgerbrain 15y agoFor some of us, memory of how Mitnick was treated (or for a more modern example, Manning), still taints how we expect accused "hackers" to be treated by the criminal justice system. Physical detainment of someone accused of such crimes is hardly unheard of.
- tptacek 15y agoMitnick's story is absolutely nothing like Aaron's. Mitnick was a fugitive after already having done prison time and had to be tracked down via cell phone triangulation.
- kragen 15y agoNo, he is not in jail. I chatted with him on AIM earlier today.