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More than likely, the document was written by the prosecutors office. The procedure as I understand it is: * Prosecutor assembles evidence, writes indictment.
by wiredfool 15y ago
More than likely, the document was written by the prosecutors office.
The procedure as I understand it is:
* Prosecutor assembles evidence, writes indictment.
* Prosecutor presents evidence to Grand Jury. This may include witnesses or documents.
* Grand Jury votes on if there is enough there to approve indictment
If they've got a computer crimes division, then they're going to have hacker types in the prosecutor's office to do this stuff and get the details right.
The indictment is going to be the most slam dunk part of the evidence that there is, as it's written by the prosecutor and there's no counter to it. If it doesn't look airtight, then it's probably a very weak case.
Though, looking at it here, It's not looking very good for aaronsw. The combination of mac address spoofing and a locked wiring cabinet show physical and electronic security that was bypassed, repeatedly. That's easy to explain to a jury.
- kragen 15y agoA funny omission is that the indictment never actually says that the wiring cabinet was locked, or how Aaron supposedly broke into it. I infer that it wasn't locked.
- nolite 15y agolocked doors are never a problem for MIT students.. (and apparently even some harvard students)
- kragen 15y agoBut, given the rest of the indictment, I'd think that the prosecutor would be sure to throw in "Swartz picked the lock on the restricted wiring closet in order to introduce the Acer computer," since it would incline the grand jury to be more likely to hand down an indictment — unless she knew this was false.