[free-sklyarov] Hacker or Not?

[Declan McCullagh]

At 09:40 AM 7/27/01 -0700, Len Sassaman wrote:
> > But people who *describe themselves* as hackers are part of this story.
> > Defcon, where Sklyarov was arrested, brags it's the world's largest
> > hacker gathering, 2600, the heretofore most prominent case, calls
> > itself the hacker quarterly, 2600 reps have been involved with the
> > Free Dmitry movement, even going to Ashcroft's press conference, and
> > the hacker underground is adding fuel to these protests.
>
>FYI, you are a tad confused about the Ashcroft press conference. There
>were two "activists" handing out information at the press conference; one
>of them happened to be a 2600 member. This wasn't a 2600-sponsored event.

Never said they were. I said "2600 reps have been involved... even going to 
Ashcroft's press conferences." By that I meant Macki, of course. Reread 
what I wrote.

-Declan