Adrian: just saw your lawyer tweet--you guys in trouble? me: nah me: just prepping me: could use more lawyers me: there are supposedly going to be 200 indictments me: according to this NYU prof who sort of analyzes Anon Adrian: Biella? me: yep me: she was on NPR me: that's what I was told, didn't hear her me: NPR kind of sucks me: oh me: we took down Little Green Footballs today me: Charles Johnson and his mods had openly discussed calling the FBI on me a couple months back me: and one of his mods seriously accused me of working with the Russian mafia me: it was this weird thing me: anyway me: we hacked them today me: it's all here in this pamphlet me: you should probably see new FT piece too Adrian: yeah, I saw it Adrian: OpManning or whatever? Adrian: FT was the one who reported Barr's bullshit in the beginning, though Adrian: hard to take them seriously me: yep me: I talked to that reporter on phone me: he was kind of apologetic me: anyway me: so there you go me: STOP THE GAWKER PRESSES me: nothing huge going on Adrian: yeah Adrian: are they actually going to do ruin life tactics on Manning's guards? me: to an extent me: you know that Lindie England or whatever? Adrian: yea me: You know how press totally covered her a whole bunch and ruined her life more in doing so? me: We're going to do that same thing. me: Like, you know how the press calls people up? Adrian: yea me: We call people up for the same reason except we're calling from a huge blob of eccentric futurists with varying levels of station in society me: And we're just looking for information me: So, we're kind of like the press me: but what we do is illegal because it has to be Adrian: I mean, it wouldn't get as great an impact if you just called them up Adrian: I think putting it on a pirate pad is what gets people Adrian: just like what happened to me an 4chan Adrian: noone would have given a shit if I just got some prank calls Adrian: but it was the act of doxing me: Yeah, Anonymous is sort of a dangerous thing insomuch as that it can cause just as much pain as could a media effort me: like what Gawker writes sometimes me: and rightfully so me: but Gawker is legal me: No one's going to their houses me: That doesn't happen me: We're exposing them to a great deal of sunlight me: That's a more ethical tactic than is used by any other entity you'll interview throughout your career me: We don't shoot people's dogs and scream at them like the feds do me: when they do no-knock raids on drug offenders me: or any number of other things that don't get the attention of mainstream press me: We make fun of people me: It's a necessary thing Adrian: anyway, I'm going to go drink beer Adrian: keep me updated on the Manning Op--any pizzas sent, whatever