The chain of events could have been: I don't think it is helpful to make excuses for Anonymous. If you'll allow me to abuse the ethical alignment terms: They a

The chain of events could have been: I don't think it is helpful to make excuses for Anonymous. If you'll allow me to abuse the ethical alignment terms: They appear to be a chaotic neutral, not a chaotic good. I'm not sure it makes much difference if they lied or are incompetent. Especially since there really isn't a specific 'they'.