Secret Service Ordered By Judge To Release Records On Reddit Co-Founder

Records hidden by the Secret Service on Reddit co-founder, Aaron Swartz, will now be released as ordered by a judge on Friday.

NEW YORK, NY – Ben Wikler (R) speaks onstage in honor of Aaron Swartz at the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Webby Awards)

Intellihub.com
July 9, 2013
Kevin Paulson, a reporter for Wired.com has been investigating the death (suicide) of Arron Swartz, 26, co-founder of the popular website Reddit.com, ever since he was reported to have allegedly hanged himself for facing 30 years in prison for accessing secure data.
In February Paulson filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain more information on what prompted Swartz’ death. However, the FIOA was denied. A lawsuit was filed by Paulson shortly after. 
Now in a recent change of events, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, issued a ruling last Friday forcing the Secret Service to release information on the matter.
A Stephen C. Webster article excerpt reads, “The judge wrote Friday that the DHS has until August 5 to explain how long it will take to release its trove of files on Swartz, in accordance with FOIA law. “You’ll see there here when I get them,” Poulsen writes.
As a result of Swartz’s suicide, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced bills last month that would clarify the difference between accessing information without permission and actually committing a cyber-crime, a nuance they said is lacking in current law.”
At this time, it is unknown what prompted the secrecy of the Secret Service’s findings.

Sources:

^http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/09/federal-judge-orders-secret-service-to-release-files-on-internet-activist-aaron-swartz/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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