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From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 3/12/11, 06:57
To: "Teffer, Peter" <P.Teffer@nrc.nl>

Yes, I'm aware of the current social climate in The Netherlands. Tell them I promise not to stab the descendants of any painters. 

The U.S. media in particular have long had a problem in understanding Anonymous, although they have gotten more practice lately and several have begun to write almost perfectly accurate stories, which I suppose is impressive when one considers that the U.S. media is the most ridiculous fucking enterprise that has ever existed. 

You are only one of two European journalists who have contacted me thus far, the other being a woman from l'Espresso who reached out to me on the same day you did and with whom I had an hour-long Skype chat. I was much more impressed with her knowledge of the situation than I have had occasion to be with a single U.S. journalist thus far.

Anonymous should indeed be in the news this much, if not more, for two fundamental reasons. First, we specifically were very active in Tunisia from the very beginning, as you will see if you look back at my Daily Kos posts (BarrettBrown) from that time, and we remain active in the Middle East. We have shown, I think, how crowds of individuals can provide direct and substantial support to subject populations anywhere in the world; along withe the Tunisians, we have proven folks like Evgeny Morozov of Foreign Policy to be fools in claiming that the internet is not a substantial force for 

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On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Teffer, Peter <P.Teffer@nrc.nl> wrote:
Hi Barrett,

the Netherlands is a nice country to live, if you'll accept numerous days of rain and grey! Also our current politicians aren't very pro-refugees or any kind of immigrants I'm sorry to say..

I'd be interested to know what your opinion is on the current way media are portraying Anonymous. Do non-US networks, or other media like print and online, do a different job? 
Some media, like Stephen Colbert's show, Anons are shown as real heroes; that must be nice?
Should Anonymous actually be this much in the media?

Cheers,
Peter

Van: Barrett Brown [barriticus@gmail.com]
Verzonden: vrijdag 11 maart 2011 15:06
Aan: Teffer, Peter
Onderwerp: Re: Re:

The only real problem I had with the NBC segment was their failure to note that Anonymous does not have titles. Being a former journalist and media critic, I was aware going in that U.S. television news is limited both by format and perceived audience understanding in what it can convey, so I'm otherwise okay with the coverage from that network. But other media have confused my statements made a week ago to NBC with our ongoing probe of the Pentagon pursuant to Bradley Manning and seem to have decided that Anonymous is in a state of cyberwar with that degenerate institution when in fact we have no intention of hacking into U.S. military assets. We don't have to, as we have active duty military members in Anonymous and they provide us with a portion of the information we need to shine light on certain people.

Also, let me know if the Dutch will give me refugee status. I would promise to behave. Thanks!

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Teffer, Peter <P.Teffer@nrc.nl> wrote:

Hi Barrett,

So in the end, are you unhappy with the way you’re portrayed by NBC?

 

 

Van: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Verzonden: vrijdag 11 maart 2011 14:52
Aan: Teffer, Peter
Onderwerp: Re:

 

Hello, Peter-

 

I work closely with many Anons at Anonops.ru, an IRC server from which our operations have been launched, and have been doing press for Anon for a couple of months now. Most had no problem with my appearance on NBC and understand that a six-hour interview, edited down to a few minutes, will not necessarily convey what one intends to tell. I do not speak for Anonymous at all and have never claimed to; I am referred to in the press as an informal spokesman or theorist and have also described myself as a strategist, and some media have been better than others about noting that we have no titles or official roles. I should note that although I was loosely active in Anon going back to our early days playing pranks online six years back, it was the chaps who launched Chanology that came to me a year ago after my article Anonymous, Australia, and the Nation-State, and who brought me into their fold; they and others who are familiar with my work within and without Anonymous tend to like me, and sometimes find my antics amusing.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Teffer, Peter <P.Teffer@nrc.nl> wrote:

Dear Barrett,

 

I saw you on NBC and see how on Anonymous forums there has been lots of criticism on your actions. Did you speak with many other Anons before deciding to do this interview? What is your reply to those who say you’re not speaking for them?

 

Cheers

Peter Teffer

Journalist for NRC Handelsblad, Dutch newspaper

 




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