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November 21, 2012

Judge Denies Bail Request from Accused Stratfor Hacker Jeremy Hammond 
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A federal judge has rejected a request by lawyers for accused hacker
Jeremy Hammond to release the imprisoned activist into house arrest.
Hammond is accused of being a member of the hacker group “Anonymous”
and has been charged with hacking into the computers of the private
intelligence firm Stratfor. The whistleblowing website Wiki Leaks has
continued to release the Stratfor documents, which number in the
millions. Hammond’s supporters say the documents shed light on how the
private intelligence firm monitors activists and spies for corporate
clients. Jeremy Hammond has been held without bail or trial for more
than eight months. His lawyers argued Tuesday the accused hacker would
be unable to review the troves of digitized evidence related to the case
from jail, but their request for his release was denied. Jeremy Hammond
supporter Sue Crabtree defended his alleged actions.

Sue Crabtree: "The media calls Jeremy a hacker, and a member of
Anonymous, the courts and those pursuing his prosecution, call him a
criminal. But we call Jeremy a hero, and we ask what crimes has Jeremy
committed that haven't equally exposed the very crimes by the state
prosecuting him. And again we say, exposing the crimes of the state is
not a crime."

 

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