| Subject: Re: docs I have |
| From: Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> |
| Date: 4/24/12, 18:08 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Heh, that was two years ago. I'm 30 now.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool, great, thanks. You're 28 right?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Make sure to mention Endgame Systems, HBGary, and our Echelon2.org
>> wiki being listed on the warrant, as that's an angle I need people to
>> understand. My statement:
>>
>> "I haven't been charged with anything at this point, although there's
>> a sealed affidavit to which neither I nor my attorney have access. I
>> suspect that the FBI is working off of incorrect information."
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey man--thanks for this. We've redacted the documents, and I'm
>> > basically doing a quick write up explaining how the Feds raided your place
>> > searching for info on Anon and Lulzec, then we're just going to post the
>> > search warrant.
>> >
>> > For legal reasons, I need a straightforward comment from you--as in, do
>> > you deny wrong doing that the FBI is accusing you of or something along
>> > those lines.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Over a year ago, it was revealed that the federal contractors HBGary
>> >> Federal, Palantir, Berico, and Endgame Systems had combined forces to create
>> >> a sort of cyber-offense unit called Team Themis. With the assistance of the
>> >> law firm Hunton & Williams, they went about collecting potential clients,
>> >> including two institutions which desired to go on the offensive against
>> >> certain activist groups. One of these institutions, the Chamber of Commerce,
>> >> provided them with the names of various individuals believed to be involved
>> >> with groups that opposed their policies, and asked them to come up with a
>> >> plan by which to discredit them. This was one of the options that Team
>> >> Themis came up:
>> >>
>> >> Create a false document, perhaps highlighting periodical financial
>> >> information, and monitor to see if U.S. Chamber Watch acquires it.
>> >> Afterward, present explicit evidence that such transactions never occurred.
>> >> Also, create a fake insider persona and generate communications with CtW.
>> >> Afterward, release the actual documents at a specified time and explain the
>> >> activity as a CtW contrived operation. Both instances will prove that
>> >> Chamber Watch cannot be trusted with information and/or tell the truth.
>> >>
>> >> In the eyes of the Justice Department, this sort of thing does not
>> >> constitute even probable cause of criminal activity on the part of any of
>> >> the individuals involved, or their companies, or the various other employees
>> >> who viewed these kinds proposals. I say this because no one involved has had
>> >> their apartment door knocked down and their equipment and notes seized by
>> >> the FBI, as I have. The fact that Team Themis also discussed the option of
>> >> hacking the servers of Wikileaks, and engaging in a campaign of intimidation
>> >> against the journalist Glenn Greenwald due to his support of the
>> >> organization, does not seem to generate much activity over at the DoJ or
>> >> FBI, either. Perhaps this is because these latter measures were proposed for
>> >> another of Team Themis' prospective clients, Bank of America, and that Bank
>> >> of America first got in touch with Team Themis and Hunton & Williams after
>> >> they were recommended to them by the Justice Department itself.
>> >>
>> >> The call for a Congressional inquiry into this matter was shot down by
>> >> Rep. Lamar Smith. His reasoning was that the Justice Department is best
>> >> equipped to decide if any investigation is warranted in this instance. I
>> >> would tend to disagree with that insomuch as that they helped to put these
>> >> activities in motion.
>> >>
>> >> At any rate, the FBI is now searching through my belongings for
>> >> information on HBGary, Endgame Systems, and the website that my group
>> >> Project PM maintains for the purpose of disseminating info on such firms as
>> >> these, Echelon2.org. They will find quite a bit of information on all of
>> >> these things. They will also find further evidence of wrongdoing on the part
>> >> of other "security contractors" who posted pictures of what they believed
>> >> to be my apartment so that, as one of them put it, the Zeta drug cartel
>> >> would know which house I lived in (http://twicsy.com/i/6dHfX). They will
>> >> find the name of the contractor in question; they will find screen shots
>> >> showing that he has ties to the former CEO of HBGary Federal.
>> >>
>> >> But they will not choose to investigate those sorts of things. The
>> >> state has friends, and the state has enemies.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Great, thanks very much.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Yep, you can do so. Let me provide a statement to go along with them,
>> >>>> I'll send in a second.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Michael Hastings
>> >>>> <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hey man--can we say we are publishing these as an exclusive.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Holy shit. The feds aren't fucking around, hunh?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Barrett Brown
>> >>>>> <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Here are the search warrants that I was provided by the FBI when
>> >>>>>> they raided my apartment and then my mother's residence. If you do run them,
>> >>>>>> please block out the addresses.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>>>>> From: Tom Mills <tmills@millsandwilliams.com>
>> >>>>>> Date: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:57 PM
>> >>>>>> Subject: docs I have
>> >>>>>> To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
>> >>>>>> Cc: Tom Mills <tmills@millsandwilliams.com>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> --
>> >>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>>>> 940-735-9748
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Michael Hastings
>> >>>>> BuzzFeed Correspondent 2012
>> >>>>> Rolling Stone Contributing Editor
>> >>>>> mhastings@gmail.com
>> >>>>> Office: 646-388-1062
>> >>>>> International Mobile: +1-212-945-8073
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Barrett Brown
>> >>>> 940-735-9748
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Michael Hastings
>> >>> BuzzFeed Correspondent 2012
>> >>> Rolling Stone Contributing Editor
>> >>> mhastings@gmail.com
>> >>> Office: 646-388-1062
>> >>> International Mobile: +1-212-945-8073
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Barrett Brown
>> >> 940-735-9748
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Michael Hastings
>> > BuzzFeed Correspondent 2012
>> > Rolling Stone Contributing Editor
>> > mhastings@gmail.com
>> > Office: 646-388-1062
>> > International Mobile: +1-212-945-8073
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Barrett Brown
>> 940-735-9748
>
>
>
>
> --
> Michael Hastings
> BuzzFeed Correspondent 2012
> Rolling Stone Contributing Editor
> mhastings@gmail.com
> Office: 646-388-1062
> International Mobile: +1-212-945-8073
>
--
Regards,
Barrett Brown
940-735-9748