As Aaron is a founder of http://demandprogress.org I am not surprised by this. Their campaign emails are highly critical of the current political establishment fighting SOPA, PIPA, NDAA and related issues quite effectively through social media. This is deliberate over-reaction to petty protest crime. Like WikiLeaks, I imagine he has developed enemies due to these efforts. This entire situation reminds me of the treatment of political protest punk band Pussy Riot in Russia recently.
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
