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Purported FBI Report Calls Anonymous a National Security Threat

Posted by timothy on from the throw-in-some-typos-bill-so-we-can-deny-it dept.

itwbennett writes "According to what purports to be a leaked psychological assessment of the leaders of LulzSec and Anonymous by the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, Anonymous is not only not a collection of individuals, it's a coherent group that poses a threat to national security. Neither the FBI nor the Dept. of Homeland Security have commented on the document, which may well be a fake, but seems to reflect accurately the thinking behind a series of DHS warning bulletins and crackdowns that have resulted in 75 raids and 16 arrests of Anonymous members just this year."

7 of 159 comments (clear)

  1. Of Course by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anything the government can't understand or control is a security threat.

    1. Re:Of Course by Andy_R · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Anything that resembles a conscience is a security threat.

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  2. Appropriations Needed by MarkvW · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Money is needed to fight Anonymous. Give us money. More news at eleven.

  3. Anonymous? by Microlith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please, Wall Street and companies like Goldman Sachs are far greater National Security Risks than any conglomeration of people in their basements DDoSing websites.

  4. Interesting... by ChinggisK · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I found this to be the most interesting part of the TFA:

    "The Anonymous ‘collective’ has risen from an amorphous group of individuals on the Internet to the current state of a potential threat to national security. Due to the nature of Anonymous, they believe that they are a leaderless collective. However, it has been shown that there is a defined leadership group," the document reads. "A thorough assessment of each UNSUB’s online activities, speech patterns, and general writings was collected by the FBI. Each UNSUB was individually assessed by members of the SBU (sic) and a psychological profile created from these datasets."

    (emphasis mine)

    This is what some people on /. have been arguing for some time.

    Regardless, the document itself (linked to in the first article) is kind of fun to read.

  5. Backwards. by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The FBI is the threat to national security. Anonymous simply reveals how insecure we are.

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  6. Re:FBI to Anonymous: by Microlith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And where's your rage at the bankers who tanked the economy, whose actions have affected far more people more drastically than anything Anonymous has done?

    Or how about the Tea Party idiots in the House, who played chicken with the economy as well?