http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201117/7132/Leaked-documents-from-A
LEC-and-U-S-Chamber-are-public-record

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Steve Ragan
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 6:55 PM
To: Steve Ragan
Subject: Quote

I was informed last night via Twitter by someone I'd never 
heard of that a file had been acquired containing files leaked 

>from the Chamber of Commerce and other entities; the person 

wanted me to release it through Anonymous and other means. I 
told him to go ahead and put it out and I'd take a look when I 
had a chance. He noted that the password was my name and that 
another password was my cell phone number; I wasn't sure why a 
password was necessary in the first place. I spent the rest of 
the evening working on some other Anonymous operations. When I 
woke up today, there was all of this discussion on reddit and 
DailyKos about the files, which were being perceived as indeed 
containing formerly secret data from the Chamber. I started to 
download the torrent to have a look before making any 
announcements, and then I'm informed by a couple of colleagues 
that the information is all essentially public, taken from the 
web. Insomuch as that the Chamber had been advised by Team 
Themis to release phony information to their enemies in order 
to discredit them, I came to suspect that this might be just 
such an operation and that, had I taken the bait, I'd have 
been largely discredited, as would have Anonymous, as this was 
being portrayed as an Anonymous operation when in fact no one 
knows who this guy is. In such a case, any further leaks made 
by myself, Anonymous, or related leaks would be taken less 
seriously. It is indeed starting to look as if someone was 
intent on getting us to cry wolf. I've explained my suspicions 
at Anonops and other relevant venues and meanwhile we've set 
up an emergent team to investigate this matter.

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302