Austin, TX – Activists gathered on January 8th in downtown Texas to celebrate Anonymous hacktivist, Jeremy Hammond’s birthday. Hammond had uncovered a treasure trove of information from the Texas-based intelligence contractor, Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor, and was arrested shortly after by the FBI no-thanks to snitch and traitor-to-the-Anonymous-movement, Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur).
Hammond recently made comments to the media that his time in prison is a temporary inconvenience, and we commend his defiance.
With Hammond’s help, hacktivists successfully revealed Stratfor’s ties to big-business and the U.S. intelligence and defense communities, as well as uncovering some 3-million private messages that exposed the corporation’s covert and nefarious activities. This included the U.S. government monitoring of the Occupy movement, as well as Strafor’s role in compiling data on activists.
Hammond was only half way finished with his current project when he was ratted out and arrested. According to him, he was at the peak of his work with a full-fledged cyberattack on the way when authorities disrupted his endeavors. In an interview with America Tonight:
“F*ck FBI Friday. It was only heating up by the time I was arrested.” Considering his incarceration a temporary inconvenience, he continued, “Something they can never take, our determination, our principles, our passions. These things are more valuable than a temporary loss of freedom.”
It has since become an annual tradition for activists to gather in downtown Austin every year to celebrate Hammond’s birthday by protesting the Stratfor intelligence company, though the CIA-affiliated Corporation has since relocated to an undisclosed location. This year protestors donned cat costumes in light of Hammond’s love of cats.
“Jeremy loves cats. Anonymous loves cats,” PAPS organizer, Azzurra Crispino, told MintPress News. “Do you remember ‘Bring Your Daughter To Work Day’? We thought it would be funny to bring cats to Stratfor.”
From those of us at AnonHQ, we wish you a happy birthday, Jeremy. You are far from forgotten.
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Fuck you Hector
Sabu is a fucking coward. At least Hammond was defiant.