Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

MailerDemon · Jul 23, 2010

Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

Assange No-Show at Hacker Conference - Cybersecurity Report

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was a no-show at the annual New York City hacker conference HOPE, after five Homeland Security agents turned up the day before he scheduled to speak.

After an army intelligence analyst blew the whistle and leaked 150,000 State Department classified diplomatic cables and an aerial attack video to Wikileaks, conference organizers warned in June that Assange, a scheduled keynote speaker, might not turn up if hew wanted to avoid detention.

Jacob Appelbaum, who is involved in Wikileaks and is a programmer for Torsoftware, which protects Internet traffic from eavesdroppers by routing it through multiple computers and encrypting its contents, spoke instead.

"We believe that it is absolutely necessary to accept documents that are relevant," he said, "relevant because they are classified, censored or otherwise, restricted. This is extremely important because this is the type of material that is going to be making the most amount of change."

Appelbaum called on the hacking community to support Wikileaks. Then he didn't take any chances with the feds. While a doppelganger Appelbaum, escorted by a procession of volunteers and swathed in a hoodie, marched out of the conference, the real Appelbaum, according to CNET, "ducked behind a curtain and left the conference hotel through a rear door."

Anonymous · Jul 23, 2010

Re: Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

MailerDemon;1292975 said:

Assange No-Show at Hacker Conference - Cybersecurity Report

useless.
OMGBBQ. HOMELAND SEKURITY. (as if they haven't been invited guests all this time)

worthless.
hope/2600 died roughly about the time Corley stopped losing and started making money

Congratz, Julian.
Next time they send you an invite, just don't show up.
No explanation necessary. We understand.

hopeless.
Stick a fork in it, gentlemen.

OnTheWaterfront · Jul 23, 2010

Re: Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

One would think DHS would know if he was in the country merely by looking at airline records. The fact that they showed up looking for him shows how clueless DHS really is.

Anonymous · Jul 23, 2010

Re: Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

OnTheWaterfront;1293046 said:

One would think DHS would know if he was in the country merely by looking at airline records. The fact that they showed up looking for him shows they were there to intimidate him.

and anyone else who might now have second thoughts about "providing material support to terrorists".

Anonymous · Jul 23, 2010

Re: Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

Anonymous;1293097 said:

and anyone else who might now have second thoughts about "providing material support to terrorists".

Teabag moar.

Sponge · Jul 23, 2010

Re: Julian Assange skips hacker-con due to presence of homeland security

While a doppelganger Appelbaum, escorted by a procession of volunteers and swathed in a hoodie, marched out of the conference, the real Appelbaum, according to CNET, "ducked behind a curtain and left the conference hotel through a rear door."

Curtains. No dog required.

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