- The US is a democracy. Our government, elected, appointed, or career civil servants, is accountable to the people.
- The position of prosecutor has great power, and we all know that that requires great responsibility. Prosecutors can destroy reputations, livelihoods, lives, families, and more. Choosing on whom to bring the full strength of the US government to bear, and how much of that strength to loose at a particular target, is part of the critical judgment required for the position. Proper prosecutorial discretion has been shown sorely lacking in this (and other) protest-oriented hacking incidents.
I'll be happy to let Otiz, Haymann, and Garland speak for themselves to let us know just how badly they feel. To date, I've seen no word from any of them.
Speaking to your edit: there is a petition to change elements of the CFAA that the EFF has identified as particularly problematic:
- The US is a democracy. Our government, elected, appointed, or career civil servants, is accountable to the people.
- The position of prosecutor has great power, and we all know that that requires great responsibility. Prosecutors can destroy reputations, livelihoods, lives, families, and more. Choosing on whom to bring the full strength of the US government to bear, and how much of that strength to loose at a particular target, is part of the critical judgment required for the position. Proper prosecutorial discretion has been shown sorely lacking in this (and other) protest-oriented hacking incidents.
I'll be happy to let Otiz, Haymann, and Garland speak for themselves to let us know just how badly they feel. To date, I've seen no word from any of them.
Speaking to your edit: there is a petition to change elements of the CFAA that the EFF has identified as particularly problematic:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reform-computer-fr...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/01/aaron-swartz-fix-draco...
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5064448