Hey Barrett;

I'm back in the country and around.  Let's talk sometime soon. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Barrett Brown [mailto:barriticus@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 1:38 AM
To: Jay Leiderman
Subject: Re: Olson's Book

Yeah, I'll start leaving Skype on and you can just give me a call when you have time, as you're probably on a busier schedule than I am at the moment (am mostly just planning out new projects, have a girlfriend in town, etc). What are you doing in Greece?

Olson has done a pretty good job under very difficult circumstances, as Anonymous is one of the most difficult things to write accurately about due to so much of it going on in IRC and all that. I told her the same thing when she popped into one of the servers to see what the reactions were a couple of weeks back. But I noticed a couple of inaccuracies that could have been dealt with if she had asked me more questions rather than relying so much on Topiary - as it is, she has me living in Houston rather than Dallas, and doesn't seem to understand what our case against Booz Allen Hamilton was, and refers to me incorrectly as the "son of a wealthy real estate investor" when in fact my dad hasn't been wealthy since 1987 when he lost all his money and was indicted by FBI for a lot-swapping matter and has since been perpetually broke (not a huge deal, but if I'm to be introduced or characterized, it would probably make more sense to refer to me as a writer or former journalist, since that figures heavily into the role I eventually played within Anon). A lot of the problem here is that she's getting info on my involvement with Anonymous from Topiary, who only knows what I did relative to the brief period in which he was working with me and a few others on some HBGary stuff. There's one part in particular later on which makes it seem as if I was at one worried about being assassinated "by the military" and which, if taken as fact, is probably going to make me look like some kind of nut. But as I said, it's difficult to summarize all of the things that happened back then without giving off the wrong idea about aspects of those things, especially when the subject is so multi-faceted and poorly-documented, so I don't blame her too much. I do wish that she would have checked some of these assertions with me, though.

Anyway, I'll be around to talk via Skype, so hopefully we'll have a chance to catch up soon.

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jay Leiderman <jay@leidermandevine.com> wrote:

> I'm in the middle. It's pretty good. I think you come off well. Thoughts?

> 

> We still need to chat about the Anon malaise. I'm in Greece. When I'm in wi fi range Skype is pretty good. Let me know.

> 

> Jay Leiderman

> 5740 Ralston Street #300

> Ventura, California 93003

> 805-654-0200

> jay@leidermandevine.com

> 

> Sent from my iPad

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Regards,

Barrett Brown

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