Issa Says Prosecutors to Brief House Panel on Swartz Case

The Justice Department has agreed to brief a House committee on its decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide Jan. 11, on computer hacking charges, the panel’s chairman said.

Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said yesterday the Justice Department had pledged to give the panel’s members a closed briefing on the case against Swartz.