(full circle) MIT, the beginning of the internet, now suspected in Wikileaks leak

[underpants]

MIT students helped WikiLeaks suspect, hacker says

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/01/afghanistan.wikileaks.suspect/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

(CNN) -- Adrian Lamo, the former computer hacker who tipped off federal authorities to WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, says two men in the Boston area have told Lamo in phone conversations that they assisted Manning.

Lamo said both men attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but he refused to identify them because, he said, at least one of them has threatened him. One of these men allegedly told Lamo they gave encryption software to Manning and taught the Army private how to use it, Lamo said.


Lamo claimed both men are working for WikiLeaks. Also, both men are Facebook friends with Lamo and Manning :hide: , and at least one continues to post Facebook messages on Lamo's wall, the former hacker said.

The Boston Globe interviewed a recent MIT graduate who it said acknowledged Saturday that he met Manning in January and exchanged as many as 10 e-mails with him about security issues. But the individual "adamantly" denied any role in the document leak, the Globe reported. The Globe also reported that this MIT graduate, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he was interviewed several months ago by Army investigators to find out whether he or "others in the local computer hacker community" helped Manning.

A spokeswoman for MIT, Patti Richards, told CNN: "We are monitoring the situation closely, but are not commenting at this time."

[geek tragedy]

1. Pretty sure the FBI knows who these guys are. nt

[EFerrari]

2. I hope this Lamo person can weld or something because he is finished

in the hacker community.

[Renew Deal]

5. He's been "finished" in the hacker community since before he started.

He was a white hat hacker. Not very profitable until after you get out of jail.

[sendero]

3. It's no Karmic Coincidence...

..that this moron is named Lame-O. He is lame.

[Soylent Brice]

4. fucking weak.

this guy needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

[Renew Deal]

6. Why?

[Renew Deal]

7. Lamo is not a very good Facebook friend.

:shrug:

[underpants]

8. But don't you see? A is Facebook with B so A *clearly* is involved in EVERYTHING that B does

just like all of my 180something Facebook friends

:sarcasm: