>-----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
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