What the hell? You could just Google it to read it in its entirety. Do you really need to argue about what Mashable says Techdirt says the Huffington Post says an anonymous staffer says Carmen Ortiz says her AUSA says Aaron Swartz says?
Short answer: no, you're wrong about the "manifesto".
If what Aaron did is legally get non-copyrighted material with the legal intent of distributing it, then there's no legal case to be made at all.
If what he did is illegal, or getting of copyrighted material, then it mismatches what the manifesto said, so is problematic at establishing intent.