Re: Update on OpCartel
Subject: Re: Update on OpCartel
From: Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com>
Date: 11/9/11, 10:55
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Hi Barrett.

I also covered the unlikelihood of an Anonymous attack on Facebook and linked to my piece in that sentence. I used the Facebook scare as an example of what I see as a growing trend in fake Anonymous threats——many of which might not even come from actual Anons. Yes, Anonymous has come through on many major operations, but I needed to address the skepticism over the recent back-and-forth.

Nevertheless I think it's an interesting debate. Empty or not, I think that the threats have an effect. If you're down I'd love to talk about it in the comments. 

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/11/anonymous-may-or-may-not-have-another-mexican-operation/44710/

Best.
Adam

On Nov 8, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Regarding your latest piece: You claim that Anon failed to come through on November 5th Facebook hack. If you look at other stories that have run for last several weeks, you'll see that pretty much every prominent Anon, including twitter feeds and myself and others, have repeatedly said that no such attack was planned. It has been reported as such for a while. A better example of what we've come through with would be the HBGary e-mails, NATO e-mails, our claims about a coming revolution in the North African region stemming from the Tunisia incident, etc. Please ask me about some of these things before running pieces because there is a lot of back story here that other journalists who have covered us for a while are familiar with.

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com> wrote:
Great this is helpful. Thanks again.

On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enjL-c9qw18

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes.


On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok fair enough. Was Adrian correct in reporting that it was a six-figure sum?

On Nov 8, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Don't have further info on e-mails or Der Spiegel. Publisher is Amazon, I can't announce advance amount at this time.

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com> wrote:
As usual, I have a couple of follow-up questions. I've heard that Anonymous is also planning on releasing the 25k emails as part of OpCorrupcion. What's the reporter's name at Der Spiegel who's handling the emails? Does he have them already?

I forgot to ask about the details. Can you confirm the publisher and advance amount? When's it due out?

Thanks again. This should be ready within the hour.
a


On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Yep

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for getting back to me, Barrett. Could we chat in 30min? I'm running out for a sandwich. 

On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Barrett Brown wrote:

Give me a ring at 512-560-2302 if you'd like.

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Adam Clark Estes <adamclarkestes@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Barrett.

I just wanted to check in this week and see how your OpCartel efforts were going. (Are you using another name now that Anonymous is out?) I'd really like to learn more about your work with CNN and Der Spiegel. Since we last spoke, I've seen a flurry of reports from people — including Adrian Chen — who allege that the operation is a hoax. I haven't seen much hard evidence either way but would like to learn your response either way.

Happy to chat on the phone or via email. I'm looking to file a follow-up sometime in the early afternoon.

Thanks!
Adam



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