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This action was performed by a computer registered under the pseudonym “Gary Host”, whose first initial and last name appropriately spells “ghost”. Kevin Poulsen filed a FOIA (“foya”) lawsuit to obtain a surveillance video showing a man entering a room and taking out a hard drive from his backpack that (15[1])was presumably used in this action. This action was preceded by a similar action involving the PACER system for court documents, as described in the documentary The Internet’s (15[1])Own Boy. (15[1])The person (15[1])who carried out this action had earlier argued for similar efforts in the (*) Guerilla Open Access Manifesto. This action was discreetly performed in a wiring closet in the basement of MIT’s Building 16. For 10 points, describe this action that caused overzealous Justice Department attorneys to prosecute internet activist Aaron Swartz, which involved certain objects in the JSTOR database. ■END■

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