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In reply to the discussion: Top EU official tells Julian Assange: 'Just go to Sweden and answer the questions' [View all]
struggle4progress
(118,275 posts)169. FBI may have known in advance of Stratfor hack
Chatroom transcripts reveal discussions weeks before hack became public
By Paul Wagenseil, SecurityNewsDaily Managing Editor
updated 3/7/2012 3:55:54 PM ET
Did the FBI know in advance of the Stratfor hack, but let it happen in order to gather evidence?
Soon after the news broke yesterday (March 6) about the arrest and cooperation of turncoat Anonymous and Lulzsec hacker Hector Xavier Monsegur, known online as "Sabu," the Justice Department released chatroom transcripts that imply the FBI knew in advance of the devastating attack in December upon the Austin, Texas geopolitical analysis firm Strategic Forecasting ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46658033/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/fbi-may-have-known-advance-stratfor-hack/
Inside the hacking of Stratfor: the FBI's case against Antisec member Anarchaos
by Sean Gallagher - Mar 6 2012, 3:54pm EST
On December 6, 2011, a hacker using the handle "sup_g" private-messaged Hector Xavier Monsegur, otherwise known as "Sabu," on Anonymous's IRC server to tell him of a server he had gained access to. But "sup_g"—alleged by the government to be Jeremy Hammond—didn't know that the whole conversation was being logged by the FBI, and that Monsegur had turned confidential informant. "Yo, you round? working on this new target."
The target was the server of Stratfor, the Austin-based global intelligence company that would soon become synonymous with the hacker phrase, "pwned." Over the course of the Anonymous cell Antisec's hacking and exploiting of the company's IT infrastructure, the group of hackers would expose credit card and other personal information of over 60,000 Stratfor customers and a vast archive of e-mail correspondence between the company's employees and customers in the private and government sectors. And it all started with a control panel hack ...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/03/inside-the-hacking-of-stratfor-the-fbis-case-against-antisec-member-anarchaos/
LulzSec frontman Sabu was FBI informant, fed Stratfor docs to Wikileaks from an FBI-owned computer
Xeni Jardin at 9:06 am Wed, Mar 7
The Guardian has more on the big hacking news which Fox News broke yesterday (as noted in a post by Rob). "Sabu," the trash-talking, self-appointed leader of LulzSec, has been working for the FBI for the last six months. The FBI says he helped the US and various European governments identify and arrest five alleged LulzSec members charged with participating in defacement, DDOSing, and "doxing" against high-profile government and corporate targets. Sabu (above) is, in now identified as Hector Xavier Monsegur, a 28-year-old unemployed Puerto Rican guy living in New York, and a father of two. He was charged with 12 criminal counts of conspiracy to engage in "computer hacking and other crimes" last year, pled guilty in August, 2011, then "snitched" on his LulzSec friends ...
http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/lulzsec-frontman-sabu-was-fbi.html
Stratfor email hackers were tricked into using Feds' server
Spotlight on source of WikiLeaks' files
By John Leyden
8th March 2012 13:36 GMT
WikiLeaks – and Julian Assange – could get caught up in the investigation into the LulzSec takedown saga because it published the internal emails of Stratfor, the private global intelligence firm that was attacked by Anonymous hackers, it has emerged.
A warrant authorising the arrest of the prime suspect in the Stratfor raid revealed that an FBI supergrass persuaded hackers to use a server controlled by the feds to store the emails ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/08/strafor_anon_arrest_analysis/
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Top EU official tells Julian Assange: 'Just go to Sweden and answer the questions' [View all]
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
OP
The portfolio of the EU Home Affairs commissioner includes matters such as Asylum
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#3
Hmmm. Not sure about that. One issue arising in the Assange case was the question
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#7
You are right---Sweden did issue the EAW. I wonder if her office coordinates the SIS, then. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#41
Her office handles Police Cooperation, so circulating notices of the warrant might have been her job
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#63
A moment ago, you had never heard of her, yet you instantly begin calling her names
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#10
Shhhh...that doesn't fit in with the narrative of persecution. You see, we are supposed to believe
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#46
Why don't the CIA drone operators turn themselves in to Pakistan or Sudan?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#14
WTF does that have to do with Assange answering the questions in a court of law? n/t
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#15
"U.S.Officialswarn about Assange ...Treason" (It's a trap to snare him here for Prosecution)
KoKo
Dec 2012
#19
There are no charges from the US, nor have any attempts to extradite Assange to the US been made.
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#20
No charges have been filed against Assange in Sweden but you don't seem to have any
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#125
Assange is under a sealed indictment in the US. US is the only one with skin in the game.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#109
There have been denials by US officials, I am not sure who or even if they were named.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#118
The credibility of that report is quite iffy, due to its very strange provenance:
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#142
... As Atlantic associate editor Max Fischer argues, “The group’s reputation
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#168
OK: I have in #169, #169, and #170 provided you with 8 links showing
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#172
we are targeting people in other countries that we label "terrorists" with Drone Attacks
KoKo
Dec 2012
#59
Because Obama is a very clever President and he's playing Cat and Mouse with Assange
KoKo
Dec 2012
#76
UK courts have found Sweden wants Assange in order to prosecute him and have ruled
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#18
Daniel Ellsberg: "Assange has every reason to be wary that the real intent here is to whisk him
Zorra
Dec 2012
#17
President Clinton was accused of rape also...Dem President...good...accused rapist,
Zorra
Dec 2012
#25
What charges?? There are no charges. You are taking a false claim made by someone who
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#38
And you have been told time and time and time, etc etc how things work in sweden
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2012
#57
Neiter was Assange. Care to post the 'court CHARGES' here? The world has been waiting
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#33
How charming, you post on DU, a US Democratic Political site and accuse Americans of
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#81
Yes, FFS. Your words, despicable words to say to Americans on an American site. If you do
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#85
I don't have disdain for Americans, plural. Just for one very specific American...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#86
Your words were clear. We are used to such comments, but generally considering the
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#90
You assigned the word 'Rapist' to Assange. I asked you to list the charges because to have that
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#93
Assange fled jurisdiction from Sweden to the UK, before being taken into custody...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#94
Wrong, he did the exact opposite of 'flee' and whoever told you what his attorney
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#98
Yes, let the courts make that decision. But the Prosecutor does not want this case to go to
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#122
And that woman refused to sign the police report alleging just what you have posted. She
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#99
Keep typing, sabrina. Your voluminous screeds get more and more entertaining...
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#119
And once again, because you keep missing it for some reason. The Prosecutor has the
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#126
I know how the Swedish Court operates. And you KNOW how it operates because I have
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#47
Too bad Assange's attorneys in the UK didn't know all this. They might have argued it in court. nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#67
Too bad he had to fire his attorney for his egregious mishandling of the case. However,
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#82
She had every opportunity to arrest him for two years, she declined. Which you know because
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#84
It's neither your business nor mine to pick apart the details of a Swedish court case!
randome
Dec 2012
#105
Given the circumstances why then doesn't Sweden just arrange a video hearing with Assange?
Ya Basta
Dec 2012
#32
UK courts have found Sweden wants Assange in order to prosecute him and have ruled
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#34
Why haven't they charged him in more than two years? Why did they lie when they falsely
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#36
It all went through the UK courts, for a year and a half. Assange's lawyers argued rather along the
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#49
Where are the charges? And why did the Prosecutor lie about being able to take the
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#51
UK courts have found Sweden wants Assange in order to prosecute him for rape
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#103
Assange would be answering Swedish prosecutor's questions in Swedish court's via video link
Ya Basta
Dec 2012
#39
You're welcome to try to get everyone to change their understandings of extradition, so
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#43
Some people, in this thread, do know these facts yet continue to misrepresent them.
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#50
This is the European Arrest Warrant, detailing the offences Sweden seeks answers to:
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#65
Is this what Julian Assange testified to? Can you cite it from testimony of other witnesses? nt
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#89
Your allegations that the prosecutor lied. Was this presented in the British courts
msanthrope
Dec 2012
#132
It all went through the UK courts, for a year and a half. Assange's lawyers argued rather along the
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#48
There was never any need for extradition. The Prosecutors lied, and when a Prosecutor
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#53
Your claim "British Courts refused extradition for Pinochet" shows how careless you are about facts
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#69
I'm still hoping that there will be some defense of the "losing position." I've asked..
KoKo
Dec 2012
#75
The Manning Trial is going on. My twitter feed tells me the propaganda against Assange has
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#101
'Give himself up'. For what? He has never been charged. You don't give yourself up
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#120
Ah, the old THIRD WAY "hero worship strawman" meme once again. Do y'all have an old list of
Zorra
Dec 2012
#149
Really? Oh, why no, not at all! Just check out this 2 yr old thread from struggle4progress!
Zorra
Dec 2012
#156
It's nothing personal. I even call out my oldest, closest friends when they are trying to bullshit
Zorra
Dec 2012
#159
It is totally disgusting to use an alleged sexual assault as a vehicle for attacking an
Zorra
Dec 2012
#138
I could not agree more. But isn't standard to use Women and Rape to try to emotionally
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#146
Using sexual assault as subterfuge is thoroughly revolting, whether it is used by posters
Zorra
Dec 2012
#152
As FDR said, and I have to say I have always judged myself the same way, about those who
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#153
Now Sid...you realize that's "borderline" for an Alert...but, some of us feel it's
KoKo
Dec 2012
#162
Yes, but I wouldn't alert on these gems. It's revealing to see a man who rarely posts anything
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#166
True..some things are not worthy of alert...it's better to read the thread and have
KoKo
Dec 2012
#179
Lol, I love these predictions. But thanks for reminding me, it's time for another donation
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#165
Australian FOIA Docs confirm Assange "the enemy" In US counter-espionage investigation
KoKo
Dec 2012
#171
A separate release of FOI Docs confirmed by Dept. of Foreign Affairs (AUS) confirmed:
KoKo
Dec 2012
#174
Again, we need to see the FOI documents themselves, to know what they say
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#175
UK courts have found Sweden wants Assange in order to prosecute him for rape
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#177
Assange lost in court again and again, at every level. He lost at Belmarsh,
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#183
No court system will guarantee anything to someone wanted for questioning and/or arrest.
randome
Dec 2012
#178
