Perhaps she is trying to cater to the far-right, law-and-order types who say things like, "Aaron Swartz was committing a crime and he knew it, so of course he should be prosecuted, just like anyone else!" You see plenty of that attitude on HN.
Only if you have zoomed in so far that you think the Obama administration is not on the right wing. Let's put it this way: the Obama administration gives hand-outs to corporations as a matter of policy, makes use of drones to kill US citizens without waiting around for a trial, supports and continues to rely on paramilitary law enforcement teams, and generally ignores calls by the American public for meaningful change (but immediately acts when wealthy corporations ask for change). Where on the political spectrum would you say such an administration lies?
