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Anonymous Hacker Gets Lost At Sea, Rescued, Then Arrested (softpedia.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Martin Gottesfeld, 31, from Somerville, Massachusetts, was arrested by FBI agents after being rescued at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the FBI, Mr. Gottsfeld was under investigation after launching a series of cyber-attacks against Boston Children's Hospital in 2014, as part of the Anonymous hacker collective. Gottesfeld and his wife were found in a sailboat, near the coast of Cuba, with lots of luggage and 3 laptops. A Disney Cruise ship took them to the Bahamas, where FBI agents took him into custody.
as time went on Anonymous increasingly became a tool of western 'liberal' establishment pushing its ideology against outsiders.
for example, it, becoming prosecutor, judge, and executioner, tried to take down twitter accounts (branded as isis supporters) of those protesting and resisting( by definition through a non violent platform of tweets) western crimes, torture camps, invasions, etc.. it tried to do the same for outsider candidate trump. in contrast Anonymous has not done anything against establishment criminals like clintons, or members of western military drone killing children in countries it invaded , or those running the torture camps illegally.
" the Bahamas, where FBI agents took him into custody". There - and I thought that it was an independent country. Will they be getting Medicare soon?
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. Her parents had a port permanently installed in the child's intestines when there was no medical reason to do so, and were now petitioning the doctors at BCH for even more invasive treatments.
Doctors at BCH examined the child, remember, and found no medical evidence to explain her symptoms. Removing the child from her parents is not something they undertook lightly, but in this case was warranted - the child's symptoms were much improved after being removed from her abusive parents. That her parents then turned "social media" to garner sympathy should also raise a big red flag. I'm going to side with the medical experts on this one.
It's never that simple, when parents receive conflicting information from different doctors. And when someone alleges a parent is abusing a child, that be a very scary thing. It's particularly so when it involves removing custody from a parent who genuinely wants the best for the child. It's very possible the parents may not have cooperated out of fear. There are plenty of people who will say that medical child abuse is overcharged, that it's actually less frequent than the accusations that are made.
There have been other improper allegations of medical child abuse made by BCH and others, some of which is well documented at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/opinion/sunday/the-new-child-abuse-panic.html. Take the case of the Hilliards, described in the article. Their daughter died at age 5 from what experts concluded was a genetic disorder affecting mitochondrial function. When their three year old son began to show symptoms, the parents asked that he be tested. The hospital, also BCH in this case, alleged abuse, though the state disagreed. The parents took the child to Tufts to be treated. However, a BCH pediatrician called a different doctor at Tufts and again alleged abuse. The state intervened against the medical opinions of the pediatrician treating the child at Tufts. Under demands of the state, the treatments were scaled back, resulting in a six week hospital stay in which the child's condition worsened. The treatments were restored and the child recovered. In this case, the improper allegations of medical child abuse by BCH actually harmed the child involved. BCH has twice made the allegation of medical child abuse in similar circumstances, this one clearly being false.
I have no clue why you'd simply accept BCH's word on this. Their credibility is certainly in question based on the other incident. Furthermore, there's plenty of reason to believe that most allegations of medical child abuse are completely unfounded.
Justina spent over a year in psychiatric care at BCH. When that treatment ended, her symptoms hadn't improved. BCH may well have misdiagnosed Justina because their treatments weren't successful. Furthermore, it's unbelievable to me that you're willing to simply disregard the opinions of multiple other doctors both before and after the child abuse allegations who believe that Justina's symptoms are caused by physical health issues rather than mental health issues.