MIT students helped WikiLeaks suspect, hacker says
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Is anyone else thinking Adrian Lamo is trolling for attention? Never hurts your career prospects to have your face plastered on the news repeatedly in this way.
No comment is far more effective than any story.
But Lamo continuously seems like an emotionless machine. He gives speeches about damning a kid to life in prison and the moral dilemma of discretion when faced with illegal but possibly necessary civil disobedience with all the passion and articulation of a Hall of Presidents automaton.
It's hard for me to get the impression that his actions are anything but calculated.
but calculated to what end? are his motivations as crude as simply wanting to draw the world's attention towards him?
In all seriousness, this is piss poor reporting.
Like others have pointed out, this is second hand information that makes no substantive link between Manning and the 2 unnamed MIT students. Surely the reporter could have deduced from Lamo's clues who the two MIT students were and followed up for comments or quotes from them.
Even taking this story at face value there are lots of unanswered critical questions.
Was Manning taught to use the "encryption software" with the purpose of enabling him to hide stolen information?
What encryption software was sent?
The meaning of encryption software is left intentionally vague. Was the software something like truecrypt or perhaps the MIT masterminds just sent Manning a link to a firefox installer...
It's a shame that this passes for journalism.
Lamo makes a point of refuting the accusation: http://pax.vox.com/library/post/citability-is-important.html
I found it interesting he only addressed the restraining order and not the general stalking behaviour or (alleged) stun gun use.
Edit: Not claiming this has any relevance to current events, I was just curious about the grandparent's claim.