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Re:How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price by prpon on Thursday February 10, 2011 @01:58AM (#2201099)
A great read. It's amazing how Aaron Barr completely believed his hunches even when his programmer said that the data doesn't backup his analysis. He is a business man trying to get paid big bucks from FBI for his hunches.
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Re:How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price by r00fus on Thursday February 10, 2011 @03:11AM (#2201242)
Sadly, were he rewarded with a continuing money stream, he would likely justify the innocent names as "collateral damage" as the money would have been a mark of success.

Aaron Barr fancies himself a modern-day witch-hunter, and it's good he was hoisted on his own petard.

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Re:How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price by khafra on Thursday February 10, 2011 @10:39AM (#2202229)
Gives one pause to think about the attractiveness of the career "witch-hunter" when the witches actually do have magic powers.
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