Re: Seeking comment about TrapWire
Subject: Re: Seeking comment about TrapWire
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 8/13/12, 18:12
To: Josh Peterson <josh@dailycaller.com>

Likely that was the reason. Doxing is very surefire when you start with enough data on the subjects, and when you have people who know what they're doing, both of which is the case on this one. I'm overseeing the doxing directly and will be verifying the info in same fashion as I did when I was a journalist. Every war brings collateral damage; my grandfather bombed entire towns in Germany to help defeat totalitarianism, so I'm not too bothered by someone's aunt or son having their name be written down on the internet in relation to some relative I'm targeting. The intelligence contractors are in many ways above the law, as the HBGary incident demonstrated, being state collaborators in the process towards covert governmental pseudo-omnipotence. Having had a chance to see the mentality by which these people operate, I know that appeals to liberty don't quite cut it; only to the extent that their own lives are disrupted will such people refrain from moving the process forward in ways that will be near impossible to roll back.

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Josh Peterson <josh@dailycaller.com> wrote:
I know in the past "doxing" has yielded results that has created a lot of collateral damage. Is there any way to verify the personal info gathered during the dox? Is that why the page was scrubbed? So as to cover their tracks?


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Should note that we've just decided to intensely "dox" the execs at Abraxas Apps - compile great amount of  personal information - and publish it at Echelon2.org and elsewhere. This is a tactic that some of us have pursued before against firms that strip the public of their privacy with support from the state, and of course we have a number of experienced doxers, some with very unusual resources. Presumably the firm was worried over this exact thing, as they tried to scrub their web page of this:  http://imgur.com/8KI00


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Josh Peterson <josh@dailycaller.com> wrote:
Great, thanks, Barrett.


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed, this is one of those issues that we always jump on - anything having to do with mass surveillance and data-mining. Half of the OpTrapWire press release consists of some material I wrote for infographics/digital posters, and we've been working directly with three different servers on this (which is a lot; this is shaping up to be one of the largest operations in a while, not just in terms of people involved but in how competent and hard-working many of them are). Other than this, we usually only work with Anon on our area of interest as shown at out echelon2.org wiki, plus a couple of issues, such as Bahrain, that are directly connected to them. Right now, aside from the ongoing attacks on Abraxas assets, there's a great deal of research and dissemination going on; I've been disappointed by the msm's inevitable failure to give this due attention. Beyond just what this system is capable of doing, one has to see it in the context of more widespread and sophisticated technologies that have been put in place over the last several years. The totality of such things is in some ways beyond what Orwell could have imagined, as is the case with persona management and Romas/COIN, for instance. Meanwhile, the American citizenry needs to stop neglecting its duties to ensure that future generations don't grow up in a pseudo-omnipotent state in which individual rights are trampled on covertly as well as overtly.


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Josh Peterson <josh@dailycaller.com> wrote:
Hey Barrett,

Hope you're well. Can you confirm Project PM's involvement in Anonymous Operation TrapWire?

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Mahalo,


Josh Peterson

Tech Editor

The Daily Caller

1050 17th St. NW- STE 900

Washington, DC 20036

Office:   202.463.5082

Cell:      612.237.7421

Email:   josh@dailycaller.com

Twitter: @jdpeterson

 





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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302



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Mahalo,


Josh Peterson

Tech Editor

The Daily Caller

1050 17th St. NW- STE 900

Washington, DC 20036

Office:   202.463.5082

Cell:      612.237.7421

Email:   josh@dailycaller.com

Twitter: @jdpeterson

 





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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302