[thufry]

I wouldn't even be 1% surprised if they forced Swartz into committing suicide, by threatening to harm his loved ones if he didn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_suicide

[jgross206]

can you share some of your reasoning behind this (quite extreme) belief?

[superuser2]

FBI repeatedly suggested that Martin Luther King kill himself. I think it's a little melodramatic for this case, but it wouldn't be the first time the DoJ has employed that tactic to protect the status quo against an activist.

[YokoZar]

If I remember correctly, Aaron was convinced that the way things were going with the trial it would bankrupt his family by defending him. It's not too hard to imagine that "protecting" them involves taking yourself out of the equation there.

[thufry]

I just wanted to see if anyone would agree with it.