Court Cases

#Anonymous Alleged Hacker Lauri Love Released on Bail

By raincoaster on July 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

As of an hour ago political gadfly, Cryptosphere contributor, and alleged Army, NASA, Federal Reserve, EPA et al hacker Lauri Love is out of prison and back on the internet. He was arrested at his home Wednesday morning by British… Read More ›

Alleged Hacker Lauri Love Arrested in UK: US Demands Extradition

By raincoaster on July 16, 2015 • ( 11 )

Cryptosphere contributor, Occupy stalwart, and dedicated Adrian Lamo heckler Lauri Love has been arrested in the UK, and after two years of sparring, a request for extradition has been filed by the US. He faces no charges in the United Kingdom:… Read More ›

Stanley Cohen via Fr3stanleycohen on Twitter

Remember Stanley Cohen: Sue Crabtree of FreeAnons on the Imprisoned and Overlooked #Anonymous Lawyer

By raincoaster on July 9, 2015 • ( 4 )

Today’s Op/Ed comes to us from Sue Crabtree of FreeAnons, who has just discovered that one of the best-loved lawyers (no that’s not a contradiction) in the Anonymous world has apparently been forgotten by those on whose behalf he has… Read More ›

White House Rainbow by Nate Fluharty on Twitter

Numbers: OBERGEFELL ET AL. vs. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ET AL.

By Curt on July 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

The people whom we always clamber on, Who feel our grasping hands and get our calls, Whose smiles we pay for long before they’re gone And in whose light or dark we rise or fall, Are fools and preening idiots… Read More ›

Aaron Swartz, you kill the messengers, but not the truth. Via SchemataTheory on Twitter

Aaron Swartz: A Reminder

By raincoaster on July 3, 2015 • ( 7 )

Aaron Swartz was truly The Internet’s Own Boy. And they truly did kill him. Driven to suicide by the prospect of decades in prison for merely accessing thousands of protected academic journals in line with the “information wants to be… Read More ›

Julian Assange’s Three Years in Ecuador in Knightsbridge

By raincoaster on June 22, 2015 • ( 9 )

KEEP FIGHTING, he says. He has no choice. For the last three years, since June 18, 2012, Julian Assange has been detained involuntarily in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London; he entered of his own free will, but that was before… Read More ›

Am I now to be given into the hands of my torturers? via Free Matt DeHart on Facebook

#Anonymous Wishes Matt DeHart a Happy Birthday

By raincoaster on June 11, 2015 • ( 2 )

In prison. Former American soldier, rumoured WikiLeaks courier, and oldfag Anonymous member Matt DeHart is having a birthday today, his 31st. He won’t be going out to dinner with his parents, won’t be hitting the bars with his friends, and in… Read More ›

#Pwnd: Lauri Love, Accused Hacker, Forces Government to Return Seized Computers

By raincoaster on May 22, 2015 • ( 5 )

Lauri Love, the Brit/Scot/Finn accused of hacking into multiple US government computers including those of NASA, the EPA, the US Army, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Missile Defence System, has successfully confronted the UK government, and… Read More ›

Meet the Lorax: Tonight on AnonOps Radio

By raincoaster on May 15, 2015 • ( 3 )

Tonight on AnonOps Radio, it’ll be Back to the Future time, as the hosts dedicate the entire show to fallen (arrested) colleague and former host, Adam Bennett, aka Lorax. Once the most popular radio host in Anonymous, with his own… Read More ›

Omar Khadr: On Trial for Thirteen Years

By raincoaster on March 31, 2015 • ( 5 )

This is a first-person report by citizen journalist Sandra Der from the scene of Omar Khadr’s bail hearing in Edmonton. Khadr was only 15 when the actions which led to his detention took place in Afghanistan. Khadr was apprehended by American forces… Read More ›

Sabu Hector Monsegur and Dan Stuckey hot tubbing

#Sabu Week: USA v. Hector “Sabu” Monsegur Sentencing Documents August 2011

By raincoaster on March 24, 2015 • ( 2 )

Well, as we all know, Sabu got a pat on the head and a golden handshake instead of an actual sentence from Loretta Preska, who is married to one of the victims of the Stratfor hack which Sabu helmed. This… Read More ›

Crisis at the State Department: an Op/Ed by Joe Fionda

By raincoaster on March 17, 2015 • ( 3 )

This is Strike Two. Daniel Rosen, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Director of Policy & Planning, was arrested three weeks ago for sexual solicitation of a 14 year old girl. He has again been arrested. This time, Rosen was charged in the District… Read More ›