First 100 pages of Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service file released

From Wired.com:  After half-a-year of delays and roadblocks, the U.S Secret Service today released the first 104 pages of agency documents about the late coder and activist Aaron Swartz, including a brief report on Swartz’s suicide less than three months before his scheduled trial.

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Data forms the framework, old-fashioned reporting

From Watchdog.org:

Some in the Watchdog.org family might take Earl Glynn for granted having been for so long ably, reliably and genially assisted by him.

Not me.

Rumor has it that over the years, famous novelists, actors, anthropologists and political cartoonists have made pilgrimages to Overland Park, Kan., in efforts to capture the essence of the quintessential data analyst in his natural state, crunching data for Watchdog reporters.

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Group wants cost info on Obama’s daughter’s spring break trip

From LegalNewsline.com:

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service to determine how much taxpayer money was spent on security for President Barack Obama’s daughter’s spring break trip to Mexico.

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