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It doesn't really surprise me at all. I don't imagine most members of anonymous to be hardened criminals who are ready to go to prison.
by jakejake 15y ago
It doesn't really surprise me at all. I don't imagine most members of anonymous to be hardened criminals who are ready to go to prison.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoThey are fond of the term "activists", and I've certainly seen e.g. Greenpeace's activists willingly risk prison.
- sliverstorm 15y agoI don't think the FBI get involved with Greenpeace activists, and Greenpeace activists probably aren't risking all that much jail time. This guy, on the other hand, was probably at-risk of many, many years in prison.
- nekojima 15y agoThe FBI focused on Greenpeace in the aftermath of 9/11. Including adding the names of some members to the 'no-fly' list. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/09/hbc-90007642 http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/09/hbc-90007642 An incident that comes to mind immediately with Greenpeace & law enforcement is the killing of one of its activists in New Zealand by the French Secret Service in 1985 when they sank the 'Rainbow Warrior'.
- sliverstorm 15y agoPlus, he never even met his cohorts. It is much easier to turn over a name on the screen than a face.