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This is Kevin Poulsen. Just popping in to correct this. Adrian Lamo turned in Bradley Manning. All I did (being a reporter) is break the news.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/conscience/

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There's no way to know if you're really Kevin Poulsen. Your account was created an hour ago. It could be someone trolling. If you want to prove this is you, you could link your comment from a tweet.

I've read more about your involvement in the Lamo-Manning conversation, and I've changed my mind. Lamo turned in Manning. But you knew Lamo was planning to deceive Manning to make him confess more leaks in a second chat:

http://www.salon.com/2010/06/18/wikileaks_3/

I can't edit nor delete my original comment since the edit link has expired.

As an important actor in the Lamo-Manning story, I would like to ask you some questions.

- Do you think Adrian Lamo acted ethically?

- What's your opinion on whistle-blowers and their role in democracy?

Thanks.

He could sign his comment with KP's GPG key. That would be proof. Somehow I feel the real KP would have been savvy enough to do that in the first place.

I'm sorry you've found yourself in the crossfire. How do you feel about Snowden?

He's a whistleblower of historic importance. That Verizon FISA order alone has exposed deception at the highest levels of government. Proof that an Ars Technica reader can amount to something.

> Proof that an Ars Technica reader can amount to something.

Cute. I'm sure he read Dilbert a few times too.

It takes quite an astonishing level of arrogance to suggest that being an "Ars Technica reader" was an important part of his identity, as that article did. Internet nerd makes a few comments on tech website, huge shock there.

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic, playing on the fact that Wired and Ars Technica are sort of competitors.

Perhaps they are 'sort of' competitors, but both are owned by Condé Nast, so probably more a friendly corporate rivalry.

Not even that. Both are part of Wired Digital.

>It takes quite an astonishing level of arrogance to suggest that being an "Ars Technica reader" was an important part of his identity

It was tongue-in-cheek.

Thanks for your reply! Also I agree :)

My guess is more people liked you when you were just a hacker that almost got in Bradley Manning's shoes.

Hey there Kevin, how does US Attorney cock taste?

Anybody with any sense knows you're a plant, not a hacker, and your hacking charges were laid there by the US Attorney to give you cover to turn on real hackers. Wired has been part of the compromised media from the day they published anything written by you.

Can we have a civil conversation?

EvilLook might be interested to know, if he hasn't realized it yet, that he has been shadowbanned.

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