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38. Try debating this guy, and a few other, on the related subject of Julian Assange,

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 02:42 PM

Jan 2013

and you will find that it is like trying to dig a hole in water using a teaspoon as a shovel. Your difinitive facts will be ignored or dismissed, and his talking points will be reiterated in various forms, ad nauseum.

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Swartz didn't face prison until feds took over case, report says [View all] reorg Jan 2013 OP

WTF is wrong with DoJ?? 99th_Monkey Jan 2013 #1

Why, indeed! FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #25

Carmen Ortiz can kiss any political career in Massachusetts goodbye... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #2

Disproportionate punishment is rampant in our criminal justice system. Vattel Jan 2013 #3

And why did the feds get involved? Because MIT asked them to get involved. randome Jan 2013 #4

LOL reorg Jan 2013 #5

That's why MIT is investigating its role in this. randome Jan 2013 #6

Your links flat out contradicts your claims reorg Jan 2013 #8

They don't say WHY the feds took over the case. randome Jan 2013 #10

because they knew who he was? reorg Jan 2013 #11

Conspiracy theory stuff. randome Jan 2013 #14

like your "theory" about MIT reorg Jan 2013 #19

Try debating this guy, and a few other, on the related subject of Julian Assange, 1monster Jan 2013 #38

Thanks for adding this link. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #34

Language makes a difference. Downwinder Jan 2013 #12

Oh, I get it! Wrecking a person's life beyond proportionality is acceptable for politics! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #15

He was offered a 4-6 month plea bargain that probably would have resulted in probation. randome Jan 2013 #16

No, the minimum the feds were thinking of offering was 4-6 months of hard time. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #17

It's common practice to 'bargain' for closure of a case by threatening more time. randome Jan 2013 #18

They were not "doing their jobs", they were engaging in political repression. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #20

No one forced the federal prosecutor to try to destroy his life MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #21

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #7

It is the duty of he Prosecutor to promote justice not to collect scalps. Downwinder Jan 2013 #9

And meanwhile, the banksters that crashed the economy... backscatter712 Jan 2013 #13

You are absolutely right backscatter712. n/t fasttense Jan 2013 #35

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #22

i hope the online community destroys her miserable fucking life.. frylock Jan 2013 #23

Swartz turned down a plea bargain offering of a six month sentence in a low security facility; then struggle4progress Jan 2013 #24

They were warned by his atty. Downwinder Jan 2013 #27

Zimmerman in Florida,Cops that beat Rodney King, Cops on Danzinger Bridge in New Orleans,also graham4anything Jan 2013 #28

signed the petition it was at > 48,000!! Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #29

Swartz's made his own decision to kill himself... Ivywoods55 Jan 2013 #30

Anybody need more evidence that Eric Holder is nothing but a corporate tool? CanonRay Jan 2013 #31

I still blame Disney. McCamy Taylor Jan 2013 #32

Obama mtasselin Jan 2013 #33

Obama was the same as Romney or McCain? Nine Jan 2013 #36

Obama is not Superman. randome Jan 2013 #37

Not surprised here, but I'm not infatuated with my federal government either. Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #39

She will never get my vote for Gov. Marrah_G Jan 2013 #40