[free-sklyarov] Hacker or Not?

[Len Sassaman]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> 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.

I read what you wrote, and I read your original story. The implication is
that there was some sort of official 2600 involvment in that action. I
don't know if Macki considers himself an official representative of 2600
every time he appears in public, but I know that the first time 2600 was
mentioned in conjunction with this event was in your article.

I'll let Macki say whether or not he was wearing his 2600 hat during the
press conference, but for what it's worth, Macki and I both mentioned that
we were present on behalf of the EFF. Macki noted an affiliation with
Indymedia. No mention was made of 2600.

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Len Sassaman

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