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FBI Put Hactivist Jeremy Hammond On a Terrorist Watchlist
blottsie writes The Federal Bureau of Investigation put Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond on a secret terrorist watchlist, according to confidential records obtained by the Daily Dot. The records further reveal how the FBI treats cybercrimes and shines a rare light on the expanding definitions of terrorism used by U.S. law enforcement agencies.
> Who ISN'T on a terror watch list these days ?
Actual terrorists. The boston bombers were reported to the FBI by Russian security services but nobody was watching them. One of the Hebdo shooters was known to have gone to Yemen and studied with the underwear bomber the other had been to jail for recruiting extremists and still nobody was watching them.
Okay first off, I have the displeasure of knowing Jeremy Hammond. Personally.
My basic opinion? He's an unthinking jackass.
He also does have a history of violence and acting out when he doesn't get his way.
He got ten years, not because what he did was a jackass stunt.
He got ten years because he's a REPEAT OFFENDER. He was busted back in 2006 for doing the same exact thing to a site called ProtestWarrior. He went to jail for 18 months.
And if he's in solitary (not "solidarity" comrade), it's due almost entirely to his abrasive personality. Hammond is the type of person who immediately becomes offensive if you disagree with him even a little. Being dropped in solitary is likely preventing him from being shanked.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
Well I guess whinging morons on Slashdot will never be placed on any list then. Hell, reddit users have accomplished more than you low ID lusers have in actually benefitting humanity in any way. Every time one of these stories come out some shite like you will whinge about how terrible it is, yet you're not doing a fucking thing about it other than being a little bitch, are you?
And in case you're going to default to the same question everyone else does, "well what are _you_ doing about it then," I contribute a yearly donation to the EFF and I take every (polite) opportunity I can to educate people on the issues of privacy and human rights that the good ol' US of A is burdening the world with. I actually do my part. What the fuck do you do, hmm? You seem to think you're a fucking genius, so let's hear what you actually do to fight back.
I'm guessing it's a whole lot of sitting on your fucking thumb and masturbating over whatever latest bit of spy tech the smartphone companies are putting out now.