It's important to note that the sleazy stuff comes from HBGary Federal, a wholly owned but independent subsidiary of HBGary Inc. HBGary Federal appear to have b

It's important to note that the sleazy stuff comes from HBGary Federal, a wholly owned but independent subsidiary of HBGary Inc. HBGary Federal appear to have been set up to do government work, and were struggling to get it so it appears that Barr and Vera went down a fairly dark path to keep things going. The big question is how much of this was known to the top brass in the parent company. My guess is not a lot, as having met Penny and Greg I don't think they'd support the idea of going after wikileaks. In fact, even Karen Burke's emails about the anonymous stuff show that the parent company were quite uneasy about the whole anonymous research in general. It does seem like Aaron Barr is a bit of a fool and quite a nasty piece of work to boot. I noticed his talk was removed from B-Sides SF. He should (for HBGary's sake, if not his own) do the decent thing and fall on his sword.