Despite earlier vows to act in "a spirit of openness," MIT has intervened in a FOIA case brought by Wired reporter Kevin Paulsen aimed at releasing Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service file. Paulsen has blasted MIT's move to block the release as an unprecedented claim by a non-governmental party to the right to interfere in a release of government documents. "The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge (in) science, technology, and other areas of scholarship...The Institute is committed to generating,...