- “There was such rigidity with the people we were dealing with,” [said Aaron Swartz’s attorney] “I couldn’t find anyone in that office to talk about proportionality and humanity. It was driven by a desire to turn this into a significant case, so that some prosecutor could put it in his portfolio.” http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/15/humanity-deficit/bj8othpdwzgxbshqt3tyki/story.html 220 comments politics