Founder of Whistle-Blower SecureDrop Supposedly Hangs Self Just like Co-Founder Did While Being Pursued by Feds

An outspoken internet activist killed himself in a New York hotel in eerily similar circumstances to fellow hacker and Reddit co- founder Aaron Swartz.

James Dolan, 36, took his own life at a newly opened hotel, Gowanus Inn and Yard, in Brooklyn just after Christmas.

He is the second developer of the whistle-blower submission system SecureDrop to commit suicide by hanging in the same area.

Soon after his death, the internet started drawing similarities between Dolan’s suicide and that of Swartz who hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment in 2013 as he was being pursued by federal agents.

Among those was WikiLeaks, who tweeted: ‘Second developer of WikiLeaks inspired submission system ‘SecureDrop’ security expert James Dolan, aged 36, has tragically died. He is said to have committed suicide. The first, Aaron Swartz, is said to have taken his own life at age 26, after being persecuted by US prosecutors.’ (Read more from “Founder of Whistle-Blower Securedrop Supposedly Hangs Self Just like Co-Founder Did While Being Pursued by Feds” HERE)

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