| Subject: Re: Barrett here |
| From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| Date: 4/21/12, 06:48 |
| To: "Reitman, Janet" <Janet.Reitman@rollingstone.com> |
I just wonder if the FBI hasn't exaggerated the threat here - true Lulzsec made US security look bad, but aside from the HB Gary hack, and maybe Stratfor, exactly how much real damage they caused is a question. It's one thing to say you can do something and thumb your nose at authorities; it's another to do serious destruction and pose a real threat.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]Sent: Fri 4/20/2012 5:45 PM
To: Reitman, Janet
Subject: Re: Barrett here
> **Assange has been the greatest single threat for a while, and probably
remains so. The Lulzsec guys did some damage to our cause by virtue of some
of their more pointless acts, but managed to make U.S. security look bad in
general and occasionally got some real info that mattered. But before
Lulzsec, Sabu and Kayla had hit HBGary, which ended up providing
unprecedented raw material by which people like myself could paint a
picture of the contracting industry. So Sabu in particular was still a
major potential threat until he was turned. There are other, quieter
hackers of the sort who don't deface websites but only go for data, but I
don't know much about them and I'm not sure what the FBI may know of them.
David House, with whom I'm friendly, is always getting spied on due to his
association with Manning. Jacob Applebaum is also under perpetual
observation. Apparently I was considered an ongoing threat by many of these
companies and their FBI buddies by virtue of having kept the issue alive,
pulling out a few more secrets like Romas/COIN, and my unusual media
access; but even after being raided, I can still do my thing, which is
entirely legal, at least until they come with up some bullshit "conspiracy
to" grey area thing or whatever else they're planning on charging me with.
I know that since my warrant lists Lulzsec and the company Infraguard -
neither of which I had anything to do with, other than talking to Topiary
and a couple of the hangers-on - they're getting at least some confused
information on my role.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Reitman, Janet <
Janet.Reitman@rollingstone.com> wrote:
>
> hey thanks - will read now.
>
> So here two questions i have, curious if you had any ideas on this:
>
> Who is/was the FBI's Most Wanted in this whole cyber/anon world? - and if
> it's Assange, then who's next after him?
> Any idea where the Lulzsec guys ranked on that scale of most wanted?
>
>
>
>
> Janet Reitman
> Contributing Editor - Rolling Stone
>
> office: 718 285 9394
> cell: 917 447 4843
> email:janet.reitman@rollingstone.com
> Twitter: @janetreitman
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com <barriticus@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Fri 4/20/2012 1:28 PM
> To: Reitman, Janet
> Subject: Re: Barrett here
>
> Here's the op-ed, might also work as a good summary of what's gone down, as
> opposed to the wiki, which is kind of all over the place.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/20/cyber-misinformation-campaign-against-usa-today
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Reitman, Janet <
> Janet.Reitman@rollingstone.com> wrote:
>
> > ******
>
> >
> > hey - thanks for getting back to me. Can we talk about the guys in
> > Lulzsec? I'm doing a story about them - basically a piece chronicling the
> > evolution of that part of Anon into a more political/radical movement,
> with
> > a focus on the Lulzsec/Antisec crew - and was hoping you could talk to me
> > about them, anything you recall, any insights you have (i'm essentialy
> > trying to profile these people without being able to interview them,
> which
> > i know you can understand is extremely hard...)
> >
> > Can we set up a time to talk/skype/chat/etc?
> >
> > Let me know...
> > ps - saw that profile of you in D Mag was nominated for an ASME, which is
> > a big honor for the writer. Were you happy with the piece?
> >
> >
> > Janet
> >
> > Janet Reitman
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> >
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> > From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com <barriticus@gmail.com><
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> > Sent: Tue 4/17/2012 9:21 AM
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> >
> > How can I help you?
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> > Barrett Brown
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