Backchannel explanation from one of the outlets that ran then scrubbed
piece, provided so far to Aussie activist who's been involved heavily,
is that Cubic contends central fact of the story - which was written
by two journos, one of who is tech editor - that Cubic is related to
Trapwire, which as we know is run directly by spin-off of subsidiary
Abraxas, is substantially incorrect, and that this prompted a
syndicated story that had in one incarnation been linked to heavily,
including by Wikileaks itself. Tweet an hour ago from one writer, the
editor, implied he hadn't himself realized that no explanation had yet
been put up as to why it was taken down, which to me sounds insane. In
last hour Telecomix folks and I have found a couple of things,
including two more state filings from Cubic on Abraxas relationship -
tax filings notes "synergies" between Cubic and Abraxas as well as
regular cross-over uses of software with another subsidiary. None of
this clearly proves that Cubic is making any decisions with regards
to, say, how the contracts of Trapwire itself are distributed, for
instance. We would have to have e-mails or other documents of any such
collaboration, officially or unofficially, to know that. What we do
know, and which is perhaps relevant to this question, is that the
already-known-to-be-scummy intel firm with its own extensive gov links
was itself involved in how Trapwire's day-to-day controllers, as Wired
noted today from other e-mails stemming from the batch. So, yeah,
between that and a few other factors, plus whatever else comes up in
the next hour, we're all very convinced that there's a lot more to
this that was hidden for a fairly good pragmatic reason, and at the
least that the story being entirely scrubbed, as opposed to even
corrected a bit (which may or may not be itself reasonable - I had an
op-ed for Guardian changed and slapped with editor's note about a
"correction" HBGary's lawyers made about alleged operational
difference between HBGary and HBGary Federal, which colluded on many
matters including only ones I discussed, without them even asking me
or checking to see if it was true - which it wasn't, as I and Ars
Technica and several more MSM outlets had already noted using their
own docs/e-mails. Also in in just last ten minutes from Telecomix and
other folks: "Abraxas Dauntless, Ntrepid and TrapWire Inc. have three
of four board members as an interlocking directorate" (Dauntless is
yet another subsidiary recently acquired, with documented
collaboration between Cubic and itself). There's even more and people
are looking for now, but that should do it. My pertinent Twitter
message thingies with supporting links:

"anticipated synergies include the ability to expand services
offerings" #Cubic filing on #Abraxas
http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/110203/CUBIC-CORP-DE-_10-Q/#ixzz23bG2qIx2
… #Trapwire


HBGary easily forced my editors to add "correction":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jun/22/hacking-anonymous
… ... that was false:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/hbgary-issues-denials-snipes-at-the-blog-o-sphere-in-open-letter.ars
… #Trapwire

@TelecomixBSRE just pointed out this 2010 Cubic/Abraxas merger
agreement, looking now
http://agreements.realdealdocs.com/Agreement-and-Plan-of-Merger/AGREEMENT-AND-PLAN-OF-MERGER-2856738/
… (nothing much there other than financial/legal shit, unless missed
something)

The folks who can watch you and see where else you've been also help
CENTCOM make fake online people.
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Persona_Management … #Trapwire

Last year, Cubic hid subsidiary Ntrepid so well that 2 Guardian
reporters who looked couldn't find it. (both are actually exceptional
reporters, just overlooked tax docs later found by one of PM
volunteers who's very good researcher)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

Tweet by writer/editor who co-wrote syndicated story:

@MylesPeterson @barrettbrownlol @not_me @asher_wolf Thought it went
out today sorry. Should be tmrw then. Held to confirm some facts.
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My reply

5h Barrett Brown ‏@BarrettBrownLOL
@ashermoses Obviously your instinct to retract is noble, but want to
ensure you know that Cubic obscured truth last year. (referring to
Ntrepid thing above)

Abraxas, other Cubic subsidiary Ntrepid made with Abraxas staff and
tech that won CENTCOM bid for persona management: details, known docs
on persona management and that contract:
http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Persona_Management

Our page on Cubic/Abraxas/Ntrepid, not yet updated for Trapwire
revelations and not nearly as mean as it will get when I have the
time: http://wiki.echelon2.org/wiki/Cubic_Corporation

Please, please ask me if you have any questions at all, and I'll
either answer it or ask the person who most likely can. Thank you.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Just that pastebin so far, this is all kind of developing. I don't
really write for anything other than Guardian right now, have been
working on other things in terms of money, including something kind of
unusual I'll tell you about later. Also, regarding this, the
back-channel explanation that Syndey Morning Herald at least has been
giving to a prominent Aussie activist Asher Wolf is that central
premise is incorrect, that Cubic doesn't have any connection to
Trapwire, but in fact they wholly own Abraxas, and have hoodwinked at
least a couple of journos I know of (including one at Guardian last
year) into thinking they don't own Ntrepid, when in fact they do, as
we confirmed in tax filings last year (even before that it was
obvious). As such, and based on some inaccurate articles that came out
yesterday in places like Gawker, I'm concerned that the whole issue
will be confused and other, not so with-it journos will be disinclined
to write anything at all on it thinking that there's a verified
explanation when there is absolutely not. Let me know if you have any
specific questions. Thus far, HuffPo Live will be running something on
it but I've come to you first in terms of online/written journos.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Barrett, thanks for this. Crazy shit. Have you written anything yet on
it?


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Michael, please take a look at this as soon as you can. Google is also
now taking down the search results, as we can prove via screencaps.
This is really fucked up.

http://pastebin.com/gsR8HEwN

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