Hey Barrett,

So I need your help - please. Somehow, I need to find a person, or persons, who can tell me how Jeremy Hammond ( anarchaos/tylerknowsthis/burn/sup_g - whatever, he had a millions nicknames) met Sabu. It's a huge hole in my story - which is largely about Hammond, his history of activism and so forth, but the part about how he got involved with Anon, how he met Sabu and was drawn into the #AntiSec thing is a huge mystery. None of Jeremy's real life friends can answer this as they are largely clueless about hacktivism.

So i am appealing to you and your many contacts - thinking there must be someone in your network who could help answer a few of these questions, anonymously. This would all be strictly on background, but it's just essential. Can you think of anyone or could you reach out to a few people who might be able to help?

I'd hugely appreciate it. Let me know.

Thanks so much -
Janet


Janet Reitman
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-----Original Message-----

From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Fri 5/25/2012 8:27 PM
To: Reitman, Janet
Subject: Re: Barrett here

This might be useful to you, though; I just made it public today:
http://pastebin.com/39efLk07

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no way of knowing. I only learned that it was happening more
> than a week after it had begun, and I never asked who had originated
> the idea.
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Reitman, Janet
> <Janet.Reitman@rollingstone.com> wrote:
>> Hey Barrett -
>>
>> Quick question: whose idea was it to target STratfor? And why stratfor?
>>
>>
>>
>> Janet Reitman
>> Contributing Editor - Rolling Stone
>>
>> office: 718 285 9394
>> cell: 917 447 4843
>> email:janet.reitman@rollingstone.com
>> Twitter: @janetreitman
>> Skype: janetreitman
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sat 4/21/2012 6:48 AM
>> To: Reitman, Janet
>> Subject: Re: Barrett here
>>
>> I agree, and Keith Alexander obviously overstated the threat when we he
>> came out with the idea that Anon would be taking out power stations in two
>> years. They're going to try to to take advantage of what they can for their
>> own purposes, of course.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Reitman, Janet <
>> Janet.Reitman@rollingstone.com> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 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
>>> > Skype: janetreitman
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com <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
>>> > > Contributing Editor - Rolling Stone
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>>> > >
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>>> > >
>>> > > From: Barrett Brown
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>>> >
>>> > > Sent: Tue 4/17/2012 9:21 AM
>>> > > To: Reitman, Janet
>>> > > Subject: Barrett here
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > How can I help you?
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > > Regards,
>>> > >
>>> > > Barrett Brown
>>> > > 940-735-9748
>>> > >
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>>>
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>> Barrett Brown
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