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» The Inside Story of MIT and Aaron Swartz ... Media Channel ► The mysterious visitor called himself Gary Host at first, then Grace Host, which he shortened for his made-up e-mail address to “ghost,” a joke apparently, perhaps signaling mischievousness — or menace. The intruder was lurking somewhere on the MIT campus, downloading academic journal articles by the hundreds of thousands.

» Mexico bets $1.4 billion on Asian markets: Pemex ... University Of Texas ► Mexico plans to build a $1.4 billion “energy corridor” between the Gulf Coast and the Pacific, state energy company Pemex said Thursday, in what appears to be part of a drive to reduce the country’s dependence on the US market.

» Insiders Tell All: Both the Stock Market and the SEC Are Rigged ... Wall Street On Parade ► Pam Martens: But Lewis and Katsuyama were not the first to blow the whistle on rigged U.S. stock markets. Sal Arnuk and Joseph Saluzzi, Wall Street insiders and co-founders of Themis Trading LLC literally wrote the book on “Broken Markets” in 2012 and have been exposing details of the rigging on their blog ever since.

» Koch Brothers-Style Free Society ... Stephen Lendman ► Charles and David Koch are modern-day robber barons. They're multi-billionaires. Forbes estimates their April 2014 net worth at $40.3 billion each.

» Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling ... TechCrunch ► Once Aereo establishes itself in any new market, the team brings in what they call an Antenna Farm, or internally, a Raz-12. This is essentially a small box, that sits on a platform on a data center roof, and is fully insulated, air-conditioned, and lightning proof. It also has one wall that is made entirely of RF transparent material, meaning that the equipment inside is capable of communicating with signals coming from outside the box.

» CEO: Roku's future is TV's future (Q&A) ... CNET ► The day a while back that Apple TV's $99 box launched, Roku founder and Chief Executive Anthony Wood says that Roku sales doubled. But as Amazon enters the market today with its own $99 streaming-video device called Fire TV, Wood says he's now looking beyond boxes.

» Despite Lavabit contempt order, e-mail privacy stalled in Congress ... arstechnica ► A federal appeals court is holding in contempt the operator of a now-defunct e-mail service because he refused to abide by a court order and turn over the crypto keys and expose Lavabit's 400,000 customers to the government's prying eyes.

» Ole Dammegård - The Death Squad Network Behind the JFK Assassination ... Red Ice Radio ► Ole Dammegård discusses the JFK assassination and the motives behind it. Very interesting interview.

» Welcome to the spectrum-dome: FCC lays groundwork for its controversial incentive auction ... GIGAOM ► The FCC has issued its proposed rules for the 2015 incentive auction, which aims to repurpose a sizable chunk of the UHF TV band for 4G. The FCC will make its first — but not last — vote in May.

» Interview with 27-Year CIA Veteran Ray McGovern ... talkingsticktv ► Ray McGovern analyzes wars, policies, and the actions of government players. Listen to this guy.