"Political prisoner" - National Lawyers Guild
"Criminal conspirator" - FBI
Recipient of National Magazine Award, 63 months in federal prison, and other honors
Ten years ago, Swartz was arrested and charged by the @FBI for giving the public access to materials the public had paid to create. Here's an interview I gave at the time, followed in thread by lesser-known aspects of his work
Both before and after his initial arrest and charging, Swartz assisted with the crowd-sourced investigation into illicit surveillance and propaganda technologies uncovered by #Anonymous, #Wikileaks, and #ProjectPM in early 2011 - like persona management:
