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Don't be too quick to dismiss this harassment as part of the gamergate-style nonsense that has been going on as of late. This type of thing is typical of the frat boy intelligence community. It's considered the height of their tradecraft to anonymously harass opponents with facile mockery and threats. Recall the FBI's campaign against Dr. Martin Luther King: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/fbis-suicide-letter-dr...

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I am almost certain that it's related to this:

http://charon.persephoneslair.org/~andrea/pandorasts/jeremy_...

It really has nothing to do with gamergate, except I suppose insofar as being subjected to your own harassment might give you solidarity with other people who have been harassed.

I'm pretty sure it's just more of this slapfight:

http://pando.com/2014/11/14/tor-smear/

Having just read that article, and also having just learned about Tor's funding - is there any independent/third party summary of this news?

It has nothing to do with that, and there's no evidence to back up the claim that gamergate is a harassment campaign, which seems to be what you are implying. Here's an actual, statistical network analysis:

http://chrisvoncsefalvay.com/2014/12/07/Gamergate.html

The only issue I have with the Tor statement is, who actually thinks harassment is a good thing, except sadistic individuals?

It's a false dichotomy. The troll they're referring to was pretty pathetic.

You've failed to understand my point, which is that this is likely state sponsored harassment. I only mentioned gamergate as an example of pointless trolling, which this incident might not be.

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