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75. The documentary, "Anonymous"

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 10:45 AM

Jan 2017

suggested that they are a voice for individuals. White Hat and Black Hat characters in a macabre dance to shock and entertain US and themselves.

On the flip side we have a well respected Director of the CIA, John Brennan, under attack by a Russian operative, the rump. Those unnamed heroes and heroines on "The Wall" deserve better than insults from an infantile pretender to the throne.

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Anonymous Finally Breaks Their Silence, Just Made Brutal Threat To Trump [View all] Alekzander Jan 2017 OP

I'll believe it when I see it mcar Jan 2017 #1

Precisely. dalton99a Jan 2017 #4

Me too bravenak Jan 2017 #12

+1. Also pintobean Jan 2017 #18

They posted a threat to Russia before the election, vowing that they were watching Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #33

Me either mcar Jan 2017 #47

Yeah I kept wondring where they were. maddiemom Jan 2017 #56

And no source... Rage4Bacon Jan 2017 #77

Yup. cwydro Jan 2017 #94

too bad the sexual assualt stuff was not enough JI7 Jan 2017 #2

They probably enjoyed that crap- hackers aren't big on feminist causes bettyellen Jan 2017 #26

Didn't they go after those Ohio HS football rapists? nt Lucky Luciano Jan 2017 #42

A while after a blogger named Goodman brought publicity to the case they got involved bettyellen Jan 2017 #50

right, i don't think they have ever actually done anything and this seems more like an attempt to JI7 Jan 2017 #70

shit rtracey Jan 2017 #91

Meh. Putin's MVP employee will be protected by his cyber stormtroopers dalton99a Jan 2017 #3

Correct. Unless Anonymous is on the level of Russian espionage meadowlark5 Jan 2017 #41

"You are going to regret the next 4 years" doesn't sound scary to me. pnwmom Jan 2017 #5

I certainly hope they will follow-up on that threat. lindysalsagal Jan 2017 #20

Assage is screwed, if we get his sorry ass sent back to Sweden. Jim Beard Jan 2017 #59

"Assange." (See Post #6.) WinkyDink Jan 2017 #86

I am glad you understood what I was talking about so you could correct it. Jim Beard Jan 2017 #92

He's already regretting it IronLionZion Jan 2017 #74

They spelled Cohn wrong superpatriotman Jan 2017 #6

Maybe there was some dude named "Roy Cohen", who was even scarier than Cohn. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #29

Bwahaha! Like SPELLING is the point here, aka, on the Internet! Try checking the SPELLING and WinkyDink Jan 2017 #83

Put UP Or Shut UP Me. Jan 2017 #7

Anonymous: too little too late. Cattledog Jan 2017 #8

This is the digital age... tonedevil Jan 2017 #51

Well, they cannot even spell Roy Cohn's name. longship Jan 2017 #9

... UTUSN Jan 2017 #39

What is a "Moldavian bot farm"? Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #10

The hired Russian hackers and trolls SticksnStones Jan 2017 #13

Thanks! Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #21

Moldova has a number of known hacker groups who use 'bot farms to do their work Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #30

Has Anonymous ever actually DONE something? SticksnStones Jan 2017 #11

It's just one dork with a Guy Fawkes mask and a webcam kysrsoze Jan 2017 #14

They are Anonymous. They are Legion. They do not forgive. They do not forget. Expect them. Henry Krinkle Jan 2017 #16

LOLZ KittyWampus Jan 2017 #19

LMAO..... JHan Jan 2017 #31

😂 😂 😂 qanda Jan 2017 #45

Ouch! That's gotta hurt! paleotn Jan 2017 #52

Oooooh dear Hekate Jan 2017 #66

LOL drm604 Jan 2017 #90

Where is that from? drm604 Jan 2017 #99

Anonymous is anyone who claims to be them. drm604 Jan 2017 #15

They're going to be awful disappointed when White House security... Henry Krinkle Jan 2017 #17

aye Afromania Jan 2017 #22

Phuck Anonymous! He/she/they waited far too late to be of any use TheDebbieDee Jan 2017 #23

I will never understand .. ananda Jan 2017 #24

They had made a very clear PatSeg Jan 2017 #25

I bookmarked it when it got reposted at DU, whatever it was. Nada. Hekate Jan 2017 #68

What are they going to do? A denial of service attack? Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #27

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Jan 2017 #28

Yeah, yeah. Come up with something and I'll get excited about this. shrike Jan 2017 #32

Yawn. progressoid Jan 2017 #34

Here. Let me join you. Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #38

Paper Tiger SHRED Jan 2017 #35

"really heavy shit".....sounds like my kids talking. ileus Jan 2017 #36

Anonymous is probably one little kid elmac Jan 2017 #54

I'll believe it, when I see it in Black and White... TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #37

Anonymous Finally Breaks Their Silence, Just Made Brutal Threat To Trump. LenaBaby61 Jan 2017 #40

Too little, too late. I don't trust Anonymous. ranger2 Jan 2017 #43

Oh noes!!1! Still waiting for that list of Congressmen KKK members... Oneironaut Jan 2017 #44

They always talk the talk. cwydro Jan 2017 #46

I recall Anonymous saying they were going to release bad crud on the 1%...nothing. C Moon Jan 2017 #48

Oh please let Trump flunkies and Anon be at war! Rex Jan 2017 #49

We're waiting anonymous! benld74 Jan 2017 #53

First Tom Arnold, now Anonymous Generic Brad Jan 2017 #57

Great replies/comments Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #55

I didn't see the "astonishment" you mentioned. I just see a kind of uniform disgust. Hekate Jan 2017 #69

Shit Liberalagogo Jan 2017 #58

Snap! mackerel Jan 2017 #60

What happened to anonymous during the election? They were quiet. But applegrove Jan 2017 #61

Anonymous is irrelevant flying-skeleton Jan 2017 #62

I hope they follow through blueseas Jan 2017 #63

Go for it, if you've got the stuff. Lifelong Protester Jan 2017 #64

I call bullshit. They said they'd do something yuge against Trump during the GE. How'd that go? Hekate Jan 2017 #65

This message doesn't have the classic anonymous literary style. Kablooie Jan 2017 #67

not to be a negative norbert but.... the_sly_pig Jan 2017 #71

How to piss off Trump - when they come for me, this will be why es35 Jan 2017 #72

Wow! leftyladyfrommo Jan 2017 #73

The documentary, "Anonymous" saidsimplesimon Jan 2017 #75

That could of been anyone...Is the plan to make shit up until something sticks? frankieallen Jan 2017 #76

In the absence of a plan, that's always the plan. Bonx Jan 2017 #80

I think they know that the USA is not prepared to deal with the challenge ahead. Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #78

Hi-yo Silver! saidsimplesimon Jan 2017 #79

Fashonably late to the party, apparently. AtheistCrusader Jan 2017 #81

Yawn relayerbob Jan 2017 #82

Some very interesting "Doubting Thomases" here. Like, do you NOT want Trump brought down?? WinkyDink Jan 2017 #84

Anonymous also said they had proof that Pizzagate was an actual cover up. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #85

Was there any investigation? Anonymous isn't the entire system. WinkyDink Jan 2017 #87

They never released their "proof". Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #88

I'd like to think Trump knows what they're talking about. WinkyDink Jan 2017 #89

As others have said the issue is that they disappeared and did little to nothing cstanleytech Jan 2017 #95

Of course we do leftynyc Jan 2017 #97

Yawn leftynyc Jan 2017 #93

Evidently, the FBI arrested their leaders in 2013. (After they prevented Karl Rove from hacking ElementaryPenguin Jan 2017 #96

" ... Trumps heart ..."? ... Jopin Klobe Jan 2017 #98