Aaron Swartz May Have Been a Wikileaks Source
The organization implies he was targeted by the Secret Service for that reason
WikiLeaks said late yesterday that recently deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz assisted the organization, was in contact with Julian Assange, and may have been one of the organization's sources.
Reached in Iceland on Saturday evening, California time, WikiLeaks representative Kristinn Hrafnsson confirmed to CNET that the tweets were authentic but declined to elaborate.
In the tweets, the organization said it was revealing the information "due to the investigation into the Secret Service involvement" with Swartz.
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