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His views are clear and unequivocal. "I have always made it clear that I am an anarchist-communist," he says. "I believe we need to abolish capitalism and the state in its entirety to realize a free, egalitarian society.""I am not into watering down or selling out the message or making it more marketable for the masses."
His commitment led to his undoing. He believed betrayal was a click away. "We know we'll finish in prison," a fellow hacker said. "Jeremy knew he'd be raided." It's why he worked quickly. "He wants people to remember him."
He never imagined one of his own would betray him. Hector Xavier Monsegur (aka Sabu) was a trusted ally. He ended up conspiring with FBI agents instead. More on that below.
On March 6, the FBI's New York Field Office headlined "Six Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims."
Five face charges. A sixth pled guilty. Hammond was named. He pled innocent. He's "charged in a criminal complaint relating to the December 2011 hack of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor)."
It's an Austin, TX "global intelligence firm." One or more observers call it The Economist a week later. Its reports are suspect. Some have value. Others lack credibility. It's hard separating wheat from chaff.
Hammond's charged with giving WikiLeaks millions of emails. Prosecutors claim he harmed about "860,000 victims."
"In publicizing the Stratfor hack, members of AntiSec reaffirmed their connection to Anonymous and other related groups, including LulzSec."
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