James Jacobs, the Government Documents Librarian at Stanford University — where Aaron did undergraduate work — denounced the arrest: „Aaron‘s prosecution undermines academic inquiry and democratic principles,“ Jacobs said. „It‘s incredible that the government would try to lock someone up for allegedly looking up articles at a library.“

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