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.

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Re:Who ISN'T on a terror watch list these days

[Anonymous Coward]

> 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.

Re:As always the definition of a terrorist

[Chas]

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.