Subject: Re: Press Release for Project PM/Anonymous rally in NYC
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 1/14/11, 16:05
To: Todd Essig <tessig@me.com>
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Absolutely, Todd - we certainly don't need yes men, and I've valued your various concerns about the schematic software and now this for that reason. Suffice to say that, once the software is implemented, we will have no central leadership as such (I will continue to serve as a sort of spokesperson for this and the movement in general), and the PM networks will operate in general accordance with the decisions of its participants. Certainly there will be some degree of groupthink, which is something we hope to address with a couple of tweaks as well as by bringing in early people such as yourself whose opinions run contrary to those of the membership at large. And if you have any further ideas, let us know and we'll get you the documentation for your perusal.

Thanks for everyone's input on this.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Todd Essig <tessig@me.com> wrote:
I just want to make sure there's room for dissenting voices within Project PM and this discussion, and maybe for Project PM to become a place of critical thinking guarding against both oligarchic and revolutionary excess. I don't have an answer to how to balance secrecy and privacy but I do know I'll no sooner trust Wikileaks than I will Clinton or Gates. All power corrupts, even when its in the hands of friends and people one respects.

And I thank everyone for the respectful way I was given a chance to have had my say.

Appreciatively,
Todd

On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

> In the meantime, I'd ask how you think we should proceed, as Project PM is indeed heavily involved in this campaign and rally, we have speakers and other participants ready,




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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