> Leiderman’s hacking clients had a nagging habit of openly admitting to the things they were accused of doing. One spent a decade fleeing authorities in several countries, giving interviews, all the while on the lam.
A great reminder that everyone deserves a good defender, even if they are an idiot (or behave idiotically).
Unfortunately, with all the noise about virii and cancer, good old-fashioned heart disease is the biggest killer of Americans in his age range (and I'm almost a decade older than he was).
A "heart attack" could have many causes (including a CIA heart attack gun, I guess). It could be congenital, or exacerbated by lifestyle.
He could have dropped dead of a congenital MI, during his daily 10-mile run, or after a "heart attack hit" on a crack stem. It could be a number of reasons.
I seriously doubt that he was selected for assassination. It seems he lost a significant number of his cases, and was probably more of an annoyance, than a real threat to anyone.
> Leiderman, who’s survived by his nine-year-old son Lydon, died of an apparent heart attack on Tuesday, his brother Craig said in a brief statement. Ventura’s medical examiner said an exact cause of death would likely take months to certify.
You're suggesting the U.S. is in the business of assassinating citizens, and possesses killing methods that will pass as heart attacks to coroners, and that the U.S. government wields this awesome and evil power to target... lawyers for hackers.
Pure conspiracy theory, baseless, and inappropriate for this forum.
From Wikipedia
> The Atlantic Magazine called Leiderman the "Hacktivist's Advocate" for his work defending hacker-activists accused of computer crimes, or so-called "Hacktivism" especially people associated with Anonymous.
"After a city in California passed a law criminalizing homelessness, the same client knocked one of its websites offline for half an hour. Where the FBI saw a felony computer crime worth up to 15 years in prison, Leiderman saw a peaceful protest against an unjust law—a protest, he noted, that had caused no perceptible harm."
No, that's just dumb. But if he wants to do that that's his choice I guess, though I doubt that this is the way those vaccines are intended to be used. It's not exactly candy.
I can appreciate folks that put skin in the game, doing what they feel is right.
It sounds like he was a fun chap to know. Probably pissed off people that take themselves too seriously.
I can appreciate that, too.