Report to the President: MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Report to the President: MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="description" content="In January 2013, MIT President L. Rafael Reif asked Professor Hal Abelson to lead a thorough analysis of MIT's involvement in the Aaron Swartz matter"> <meta name="keywords" content="MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aaron, Swartz, Abelson, report, document, Reif, network, trial"> <link href="favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> <link href="css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Sintony:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="js/dropdown.js"></script>   </head> <body> <nav class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top"> <div class="navbar-inner"> <div class="container"> <button type="button" class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse"> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <a class="brand" href="http://mit.edu"><img src="img/mit_logo.png" alt="MIT" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology"/></a> <div class="nav-collapse collapse"> <ul class="nav"> <li class="active"><a href="http://swartz-report.mit.edu">Report site home</a></li> <li><a href="http://swartz-documents.mit.edu">Released documents</a></li> <li><a href="http://swartz-review.mit.edu">Community Engagement</a></li> </ul> </div>  </div> </div> </nav> <div class="container bottom"> <h1>Report to the President:<br /> MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz</h1> <p>In January 2013, MIT President L. Rafael Reif asked Professor Hal Abelson to lead a thorough analysis of MIT's involvement in the Aaron Swartz matter, from the time that MIT first perceived unusual activity on its network in fall 2010 up to the time of Aaron Swartz's suicide on January 11, 2013.</p> <p>On July 26, 2013, Professor Abelson and his team submitted their report to President Reif. Through this site, President Reif is sharing their report with the community. This site offers direct access to their report, a letter from President Reif in response and a variety of documents that MIT has previously committed to <a href="http://swartz-report.mit.edu/letters.html#march">releasing publicly</a>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="docs/letter-from-president-reif.pdf">View the July 30 letter from President Reif</a> (PDF)</li> <li><a href="docs/report-to-the-president.pdf">View the report</a> (PDF) | <span class="disclaimer lowercase"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_fingerprint">MD5 fingerprint</a>: 0678848f55a0f847af46d9963827ba08</span></li> </ul> <p>You will also find, below, a news story and FAQs prepared by the MIT News Office.</p> </div> <div class="container related"> <div class="related_col1"> <h3>Related materials</h3> <ul> <li><a href="faq.html">FAQs</a></li> <li><a href="http://swartz-documents.mit.edu">Released documents</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/mit-releases-swartz-report-0730.html"><i>MIT News</i> story</a></li> <li><a href="letters.html">Past letters from President Reif</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="related_col2"> <h3>Community Engagement</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/swartz-report-community-engagement-letter.html">Letter from Provost Chris Kaiser and Faculty Chair Steven Hall</a></li> <li><a href="http://swartz-review.mit.edu">Questions for the MIT community</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <footer class="shadow"> <div class="container"> <p><a href="http://mit.edu">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a></p> </div> </footer> </body> </html>

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Report to the President: MIT and the Prosecution of Aaron Swartz