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From: Britta Weddeling <b.weddeling@focus-magazin.de>
Date: 8/4/11, 07:40
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Hi Barrett, 

I've got a few more questions concerning your time with Anonymous and the problem of leadership. 

As you probably know, the former German Minister of Defense zu Guttenberg fell under the power of the crowd: Lots of people in the web anatomized his dissertation and found, that he plagiarized most of it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg#Resignation_from_all_political_offices) 

A few weeks ago the guy who found this anonymous group named GuttenPlag and – after they shut down another politician – VroniPlag, 
gave an interview where he explaines what he did and why. This caused a lot of trouble for him, because other participants of VroniPlag claimed that he was kind of ego-fagg. 

This reminded me of the anti-leader-ethic of Anonymous. Was this kind of "the revenge of the crowd"?
Maybe you with your background could probably explain me this behavior a bit? 

What's the reason both Anonymous and GuttenPlag got this problem with leadership? 

I'd be glad to hear from you soon. 

Warm bests, 
Britta


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