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Re:The day he was arrested, Anonymous's "Sabu" helped the FBI by jakejake on Friday May 04, 2012 @11:59AM (#3928972)
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.
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Re:The day he was arrested, Anonymous's "Sabu" helped the FBI by JoachimSchipper on Friday May 04, 2012 @12:41PM (#3929207)
They are fond of the term "activists", and I've certainly seen e.g. Greenpeace's activists willingly risk prison.
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Re:The day he was arrested, Anonymous's "Sabu" helped the FBI by sliverstorm on Friday May 04, 2012 @01:33PM (#3929431)
I 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.
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Re:The day he was arrested, Anonymous's "Sabu" helped the FBI by nekojima on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:30PM (#3929942)
The 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

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'.

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Re:The day he was arrested, Anonymous's "Sabu" helped the FBI by sliverstorm on Friday May 04, 2012 @01:31PM (#3929422)
Plus, he never even met his cohorts. It is much easier to turn over a name on the screen than a face.
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