The "NSA" Documents "Leaked" by Anonymous are Public Documents [View all]

[MineralMan]

Anonymous took great pride in announcing that they were releasing a bunch of "NSA" documents today. Many were impressed by this, and congratulated Anonymous for their brilliant hacking.

Well, the documents they released are all available on the .gov websites where Anonymous found them. Here's an example:

It's available on a Department of Defense website:

http://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/DIEA/DoD_NetOps_Strategic_Vision.pdf

A great deal of public information is available about the government's capabilities for data gathering and analysis. Anonymous simply did some Googling, and downloaded public information. Great hacking, my ass!

All of this stuff is also described and detailed on Wikipedia. It's not secret. It's not classified. It's just public information from the government about these programs.

Big Announcement: Anonymous Uses Google! Finds Government Documents! Breakthrough!

Thanks for your attention.