I'm sure this senator is doing this for political points (+10 points for Gryffindor), but we can still be glad for the pressure applied to the DOJ.
Politics helped get us into this mess, we're going to need it to get out.
U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
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#12This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
Cite your sources, please. I'd be interested in reading a legitimate claim to this as a link to a credible source rather than taking the top post for face value on a delicate subject.
This hardly seems worth asking for. Do they not have Google in your neck of the woods?
Re: U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
#13This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
> Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans
Politicians play politics. News at 11
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#14I don't care if this is blatant pandering or not; At least he's asking some of the tough questions. It's good to see someone other than Lessig saying "I'm not sure this was appropriate"
Re: U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
#15This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
Both parties make hay with the DOJ when they are in opposition.
The Democrats with the firing of U.S. Attorneys by the Bush administration. Before that it was the Republicans over Elián González in the Clinton Administration.
Re: U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
#16This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
Yes, this is most definitely a proxy in the ongoing political battle between the Senate Republicans and the DoJ. It's a little surprising that he would side with Aaron just to take a potshot at the U.S. attorney's office. It's also worth pointing out that Texas (at least until recently) had some of the best open-records laws in the country. Cornyn argued that the Feds should emulate Texas in this regard -- during the…
If he was advocate for more open access to government records, why is it surprising that he would be concerned about the Aaron Swartz case? I agree that this letter could be seen as part a larger battle between Republicans and the Obama DoJ, but does that mean that questions about Aaron Swartz' prosecution are only valid if they come from Democrats?
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#17This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
True, but so what? Isn't the point of having an adversarial political system that when one side fucks up, the other will call them on it? Even if they're being giant hypocrites in the process?
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#18This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
The Swartz case aside, nobody likes the DOJ. Liberals don't like them because they're tasked with defending laws like DOMA (until recently), drug laws, etc, and people like John Yoo, etc, that are unpopular with their contingent. Conservatives don't like them because they are tasked with defending laws like the Sherman Act, etc, that are unpopular with their contingent. But each side likes the laws that are unpopular with the other side, so they also rag on the DOJ for not doing enough to enforce those laws.
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#19This is the same hyperpartisan Senator who was at the forefront of the effort to deny habeas rights to Guantanamo inmates; he was also involved in the Bush wiretapping scandal. Expect to see lots of superficial genuflection from Republicans towards the Swartz case; the GOP is in a constant low-grade conflict with the Democratic DoJ. Here, let me put it this way: what do you honestly think Aaron Swartz would think abo…
Great, perhaps Mr. Conryn can recommend a place for Mrs. Ortiz to go waterboarding in Cuba, I hear the water's great this time of year.
Maybe once she comes back she can fight for those habeas corpus rights the US DOJ says gitmo prisoners don't have.
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Cite your sources, please. I'd be interested in reading a legitimate claim to this as a link to a credible source rather than taking the top post for face value on a delicate subject.
This hardly seems worth asking for. Do they not have Google in your neck of the woods?
No, I'd say that's a fair request. This Senator is asking some important questions in a very succinct way that could bring reform, and tptacek is publicly trying to discredit and undermine him.
tptacek should support that statement.