Subject: Re: Tunisia
From: "barri2009" <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 1/15/11, 21:49
To: chen.zhen@comcast.net
Reply-To:
barriticus@gmail.com

It was in his first post regarding tunisia, like yesterday or before. I believe he made a comment in the thread about some major outlet being wrong about wikileaks, although he refrained from stating why this was, merely calling it bad analysis. After all, he doesn't like wikileaks, and thus it must not have been a significant factor despite the obvious timing and despite charles not knowing jack shit about what was going until the msm finally got around to covering it. Go ahead and run that, too, if you'd like. I just got to the bar with my ladyfriend or I'd find the link myself. I'm going to get drunk, cyberwar makes one thirsty.

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From: chen.zhen@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:43:03 +0000 (UTC)
To: <barriticus@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Tunisia

I might need a reminder of what CJ's original assertion was...

 

Was it in a tweet?


----- Original Message -----
From: "barri2009" <barriticus@gmail.com>
To: "chen zhen" <chen.zhen@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 8:30:56 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Tunisia

Yes, please do. Also add a link to my comment on our latest operations if you would, please, to hammer home the point - despite what charles says, wikileaks helped start this and anon is working directly with tunisians to ensure that this revolution goes as well as possible. Already our first document has been spread online among tunisian networks, as may be seen at the daily kos post with the littlw twitter and facebook indicators, and it was only finished three hours ago. Our second document will be the work of a number of veterans of digital-fueled revolutions of the last ten years, among others. The fact is that these things are now possible, whatever my enemies would prefer to think. I suppose you can post this explanation as well.

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From: chen.zhen@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:24:57 +0000 (UTC)
To: <barriticus@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Tunisia




Hey I saw your comment.  You want me to put it up as a thread? 

 

Hijacking to address Charles:

Your assertion that it is “bad analysis” to say Wikileaks played a key role in this revolt in Tunisia is nonsense. You had absolutely no idea what was going on in the country during the past two weeks, while we were sending out press releases, writing articles, distributing software to Tunisians in order to protect them from government phishing, and otherwise getting off our asses and doing something about this. I myself spoke to al-Jazeera about it a week ago and so did other Anons. You come in late to the game, led by the nose of the media, and start throwing out opinions without any backing. Wikileaks not only helped to provide further information to Tunisians but also assisted in getting others elsewhere to pay attention and bring pressure to bear. We knocked out the government’s websites before evening announcing OpTunisia and took over another, which was replaced with a message to the Tunisian people expressing support and backing. You have no role in this whatsoever, nor do you have the knowledge necessary to make any such assessment.

 

-cz