Carmen Ortiz is thinking of running for the US Senate

Please no, you've managed to do enough damage to this nation and personal freedoms and liberties and rights as a lawyer. You should be disbarred not given a Senate seat. You should be investigated for bullying, intimidation, and unethical treatment of Aaron Swartz and charged with wrongful death in forcing him to a suicide.

Even putting aside her implication in the mishandling of Swartz' case (which I wouldn't personally, but for many voters will not be a deciding factor), she is a poor candidate relative to Rep. Markey (for whom I had the pleasure of interning w on the Hill a few summers back). We need less lawyers in the Senate and more talented policy experts. More specifically, Rep Markey has been leading the way on energy & environmental issues for some time in the House and his presence in the Senate would come at an auspicious time, with the probability of sort of national climate legislation peaking in the next two years or so.

I think this story is incorrect.

1. This is the only article I could find that says she's formed an exploratory committee.

2. This is clearly a prohibited activity for any Federal employee under the Hatch Act. http://www.osc.gov/hatchact.htm

That's not to say that she's not thinking about running for office, but she will not be able to do so or even talk about it publicly without resigning her current position.

It was an article from December when there was active exploration of the idea.