If Anonymous has definitive proof that Rove tried to hack the vote, present it.

[The Traveler]

176. Anonymous and tactics

There are several possibilities, including

1) Anonymous has been known to use disinformation in the past. A surprising number of these guise have read the "The Art of War". This may have been a spoof, intended to deter action by Rove's group or (as likely) cause them to react so that the reaction itself could be monitored and a vulnerability identified thereby.

2) If there is truth in this, then it is likely the case that a leaker contacted Anonymous and gave them the information. In that case, divulging the details could expose the leaker. This could be very bad for the leaker. (Didn't a 2004 Republican operative mysteriously run out of fuel while flying a small aircraft ... just days before he was to testify under oath?) Anonymous does take the anonymity of its sources very, very seriously. Almost religiously.

3) If Anons had detected a security vulnerability, and had exploited that to get inside the infrastructure of a vote rigging operation, releasing the details might well divulge the vulnerability, effectively closing the door. They might be reluctant to allow that at this point.

Anonymous operates by its own rules, and not necessarily in accordance with our opinions or desires. The hive mind does not particularly support either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, and a person of the mask and hood is just as likely to be a conservative as a liberal. (Though by "conservative" one should, I think, largely rule out social conservatism ... Anons tend to be rigidly supportive of human rights and solicitous of the "different". But that is just a pronounced tendency, and not a universal rule.) It should be noted that Obama is not particularly popular in Anon circles due to the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA, the over use of drones, a perception that he has let the bankers off the hook, SOPA, CISPA, etc.

The motivation behind the announcement (whatever it actually represents) was simply to help protect the right of people to vote, a right which is held dear in those circles. I'm not sure the hive mind (or this particular crew) cared about the outcome. I think it perceives that its work would remain much the same regardless of who won the election. Both political parties are seen as instruments of a corrupt system, a system they intend to transform. And there is no detectable consensus as to what the "end state" of such a transformation would actually look like. Anons tend to like to argue about that a lot.

And so, ProSense, while I agree with you ("this is not a game&quot and would like very much for such evidence to be divulged, we must accept that the objectives of Anonymous are not the objectives of Democratic Underground or Democratic Party supporters. You are of course free to suggest, encourage, and even demand such disclosures ... but the crew involved is unlikely to consider those expressions in its decision making process.

Trav