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This report is necessarily missing important information: MIT is still intervening in a Wired reporter's FOIA request. You don't bother to block an information release unless something important would be released; that doesn't pass the smell test.

Here's a statement from Swartz's partner: http://tarensk.tumblr.com/post/56881327662/mit-report-is-a-w...

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I have no reason to believe the authors aren't honest people who worked hard and firmly believe what they wrote, BTW.

But they're also members of the MIT community, and Abelson at least is a professor first and investigator second; that's going to affect the investigation process and conclusion.

That's why when there are big investigations in government, they often go hire an outsider as inspector general or independent counsel; there's no substitute for independence, complete access, and an investigator's skills and mindset.

Andrew Grosso.

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