me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCpyJAOxnT0 me: got two al-Jazeera pieces coming up exposing mass surveillance efforts against the public by several firms that were involved with HBGary me: just called up this chump for the purpose Robert: wow Robert: you have such a dry style with these me: I got William Wansley at Booz Allen in March me: same kind of deal Robert: excellent work Robert: you need to be the honest version of james o'keefe, or a more serious yes men me: not familiar with yes men, but at any rate I've got tons more recordings like this on my other laptop me: including Penny, prez of HBGary proper, lying about a bunch of stuff Robert: yeah, but it's about production values--stepping it up to the next level me: yeah, I'd be interested in doing so Robert: o'keefe has got the backing of andrew breitbart and his millionaire hollywood posse Robert: kelsey grammar etc. me: right Robert: you should hook up with drew carey me: I don't really have any resourcesd Robert: he's all sorts of weird random libertarian mixed with generally cool gazillionaire Robert: well, i have to ponder on who/how i could make intros for you to the right people me: yeah, I like him Robert: drew collects a shit ton of jill's photos me: so now, check this out Robert: yes go: me: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=John+Lovegrove+TASC&aq=f&aqi=&aql=f&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=668845393480168f me: basically, this is what he'll be remembered for forever me: same with Booz Allen VP Wansley me: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=William+Wansley&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v2&aql=f&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=668845393480168f Robert: have you seen reputation.com? me: guys who got caught engaging in unethical surveillance and then lied about it and then pwned me: nope, lemme look me: ah, looks like I'm growing their customer base Robert: yes Robert: exactly Robert: claro que si, as the mexicans are wont to say me: anyway, when I finish this second al-Jazeera piece on TASC and whatnot I'll get back to work on the script me: hoping to get a draft done by end of month me: did Jill need me to do anything else on that other stuff or should I invoice? Robert: you guys were corresponding today, no? Robert: and you should invoice for sure me: she just said "looks great" and noted a name change that needed to be made on the wiki, which I did, so I guess I'll go ahead and send invoice and if she thinks of anything else I'll take care of it me: thanks for arranging that gig for me, I appreciate it Robert: no worries Robert: i'd like to figure out a way to get you and jill collaborate again Robert: you have similar sensibilities Robert: very straight ahead fuck it up damn the torpedoes Robert: it's sort of a nightmare to deal with but from such is great art made so... me: yeah, that's true me: does she know about the surveillance shit that's going on and metal gear and whatnot? Robert: it's my skill, or my sentence, depending upon your perspective, that i am good at dealing with such people Robert: jill is on a need-to-know basis about everything not related to jill Robert: so i will fill her in on all sorts of stuff in bits and pieces me: just sent you the first of two pieces I'm doing for al-JAzeera on all of this Robert: she knows that you are a) some kind of dangerous cyber-guy b) have written for vf.com and many other outlets and c) can write Robert: that's what she knows Robert: details have been inputted but data may not have stuck. hard to say. me: gotcha me: well, in the meantime, I'll move forward on the script Robert: yes, let's knock that out Robert: see if i can get some traction with it Robert: i'll bring it to will ferrell and those guys Robert: they are getting more into politics me: they should be Robert: they are doing a lee atwater movie me: let them know about the Anonymous stuff Robert: yes, i will me: I've officially "retired" from Anonymous as of this week Robert: ah, the sony thing getting too hard to deal with? me: and put OpMetalGear under Project PM me: not really that, I actually used that as an opportunity to remind everyone about HBGary and Palantir and Chamber of Commerce and Justice Department and all that shit me: just too time-consuming, and I'm better able to pursue these things by leading my own team