Syrians troll through hacked emails (Anonymous) of Bashar's presidential aides
Posted By Blake Hounshell Monday, February 6, 2012 - 10:40 AM Share
Move over, WikiLeaks: There's a new sheriff in town.
The shadowy hacker collective Anonymous struck again late Sunday evening, exposing the email accounts of top aides to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and posting the passwords online for all to see.
Expatriate Syrians pounced, gleefully delving through this treasure trove and pulling out newsworthy gems (some even joked about sending replies from the accounts, for example, "Curse your soul, Hafez"
. There were few smoking guns, but one email, from someone named Sheherazad Jaafari to press aide Luna Chebel, was particularly interesting. It advises the presidential office on how to best handle Assad's interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. If this is the quality of staff work Bashar al-Assad is getting... well, it explains a lot:
After doing a major research on the American Media's coverage on the Syrian issue and the American Society's perspective of what is happening on the Syrian ground, I have concluded some important points that might be helpful for the preparation of the upcoming interview with Barbara Walters.
The Violence:
* The idea of violence has been one of the major subjects brought up in every article. They use the phrases "the Syrian government is killing its own people", "Tanks have been used in many cities", "airplanes have been used to suppress the peaceful demonstrations" and "Security forces are criminals and bloody".
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/06/syrians_troll_through_hacked_emails_of_bashars_presidential_aides
