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I read this story and I couldn't help but think about the actual extent of the pressure that was brought to bear on Aaron Swartz and whether or not there's a lot more to that story than we've been made aware of.

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TBH, even though these details aren't used to prosecute, I wouldn't be surprised if they are used to intimidate during an interrogation in an effect to force cooperation via a plea bargain. I reckon its very valuable info when trying to get people to rat each other out (or fabricate information about each other).

The entire interrogation process AFAICT is infected by detectives and other LEOs committing the fundamental attribution error [0].

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error

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