As you will have probably seen already, Oxblood gave me your email address. I am a senior at Yale writing my thesis on Anonymous, and I was wondering if I could get your thoughts on a few things. Please excuse the informal barrage of questions.

- I was wondering what you personally see your role to be within Anonymous. You have followers, you have haters, and you have a role that some people have bestowed upon you. What do you perceive it to be yourself and what do you think the challenges are?

- Similarly, Anonymous seems to be in flux and changing towards something that is more "socially acceptable." Is this a good thing in the first place? Perhaps we need someone who is constantly challenging the status quo... Regardless, what changes are you seeing, what changes (if any) are you hoping for, and what role (if any) do you see yourself playing?

- Also related, what are your thoughts on the rise of Anonymiss? What effect do you think that will have on the rest of Anonymous and what challenges do you see?

- Finally, I was wondering if you could tell me something about methods and strategies. What are your thoughts on the use of DDoS attacks in general, and do you think that the pro-Wikileaks attacks, even though they arguably failed, succeeded in bringing positive media attention to the issue? Do you think DDoS can play a positive role in protest/hacktivism in the future or should future anons shy away from that altogether?

Thanks for any help you can give me on this, Barrett.

Kindly yours,

Alfredo Molinas

Yale University '11