Subject: Reaction commentary for guardiannews.com
From: Matt Seaton <matt.seaton@guardiannews.com>
Date: 7/10/12, 10:52
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Hi Barrett

Our LA correspondent has interviewed this guy John Arquilla, a professor of defence analysis at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/10/us-master-hackers-al-qaida

He seems to think that hackers could be 'turned' to patriotic, state purposes, if only the USG was less paranoid and keen on prosecuting them. This seems a remarkably naive reading of most hackers' political philosophy and motivation.

Would you like to write a reply, drawing on your insight into the community? Asap, please: 600-700 words; modest fee as per.

Best, Matt

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