...al—by recommendation of the U.S. Department of Justice—as a security consultant. Everything seemed okay and out of the public eye until the CEO of H.B. Gary, Aaron Barr, began antagonizing the internet activist group known as Anonymous, which operates in tandem with Wikileaks’ transparency efforts worldwide as a guard dog. In both private correspondences and public statements, Barr boasted of having information that would cripple the infras...
A raging addiction. A fall from great heights. A shocking meltdown before the eyes of the world. No, I’m not talking about Charlie Sheen, I’m talking about the rest of us. I am happy to report that the United States has not yet reached the “tiger blood” phase of its addiction to deficit spending—the point at which hope really begins to fade—but we’re getting there. The sheer numbers involved are oft-repeated, but nevertheless astounding. With ou...
Illustration by Esha Maharishi We have learned by now to expect and to fear the masked army of the internet: Anonymous. It makes the consumer aware of the volatility of his privacy, at a time when our intense networking and the establishment of facial profiling and information databases have made our privacy disappear. By toying with the digital presence of Sony and the CIA, Anon has established the faceless mass as a player, however symbolic,...
The Anonymous raid on HB Gary acted as a dam buster. It revealed that the institutions we place high on moral pedestals are working in the dark to conduct clandestine operations that violate federal law. Government agencies have encouraged private entities to commit felonies by launching cyber-attacks on other private organizations like WikiLeaks. In addition, the files Anonymous sequestered from HB Gary included correspondences with consulting...
...sembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.” The movement that started in New York began small – around a thousand people gathering in the financial district on September 17, mobilized by calls from Adbusters, Anonymous, and various local organizers. When the protest was blocked from occupying Wall Street itself, about 200 people settled down for the night in nearby Zuccotti Park, between Broadway and Liberty Street. There was a...
...disposable. The incredible audio & video released earlier this week by The Nation showcases this mentality. A young man asks why he is stopped; the police respond, “Because you’re a fucking mutt.” The video also features anonymous veteran police officers listening to the audio; they confirm that they are being trained to “hunt”—their own words—and that they are forced to make quotas. Quotas are not only illegal; they are the opposite of just...
...ter your card with Safaricom, providing them with a copy of legitimate type of identification. If you get the SIM card from any of the thousands of small shops and kiosks that are not licensed, your account will be completely anonymous. After getting the card, you buy something called M-Pesa airtime; 100 shillings gets you 100 M-Pesa and so forth. The M-Pesa is a thick, green paper card that varies in size depending on the amount, like bills in m...
...Democrats have taken notice. In the last few days, almost as if the party has reached a collective “panic” threshold, a number of high ranking Democratic strategists like James Carville, Stanley Greenberg, and a small army of anonymous Democrat lawmakers too scared of backlash to name themselves, are expressing their problems with the president’s campaign. They claim president’s message of fairness and equality doesn’t resonate with the American...
...Newark, a young social activist who founded an organization to connect male ex-convicts to their children. Following much buildup, Booker arrived at both his logical conclusion, and emotional climax. After discussing the many anonymous people who helped raise and provide college tuition for his father, Booker relayed a phrase his dad used to tell him. “You are the physical manifestation or a conspiracy of love.” Sometimes delving outside the scop...
...I left, I took a different route along the highway. Through a hill was big drain pipe, pouring the same orange muck into Kibera. The next day, I showed these pictures to a professor at Nairobi University, who wished to remain anonymous. The professor said this orange viscous liquid was definitely a type of toxic waste and added, “This wasn’t on the news at all because the train station knows how dangerous this kind of stuff is. Had the wrec...
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