** ** Anonymous Issues Communique Announcing Plans to Disrupt 2013 State of the*** *
Union Address Over #CISPA**** Feb 12, '13 9:43 AM**** http://www.sparrowmedia.net/2013/02/state-of-the-union-anonymous-communique/ **** ** ** ** ** [WASHINGTON, DC] At approximately 10:22am EST an email address assigned to* *** a Sparrow Project volunteer received a communique by a party identifying**** itself as the decentralized hacker collective, Anonymous. The communique**** details a planned effort by the groups's affiliates online to disrupt the*** * online streaming and syndication of the President Barack Obama's State of*** * the Union Address, scheduled for 9pm EST.**** ** ** Barack Obama**** ** ** The communique goes on to elaborate that this action is in response to a**** proposed executive order that would reinstate the most protested elements of **** the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Information Act (CISPA).**** ** ** In 2012 a synergistic movement of progressives, legislative reformers,**** online activists, and autonomous hackers successfully defeated CISPA and**** another controversial bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).**** ** ** Many credit Aaron Schwartz and the group which he cofounded, Demand**** Progress, with coordinating the successful campaign to stop these bills.**** ** ** The following is the communique in its entirety, edit marked in red.**** ** ** BEGIN COMMUNIQUE**** __________________________________________________________**** ** ** Article II, Sector 3 of the US Constitution, says the President "shall from* *** time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and**** recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary** ** and expedient." At 9PM Eastern Standard Time, February [12], 2013 President* *** Obama has planned to address a joint session of Congress to deliver the**** State of the Union Address. The following day, President Obama will be**** introducing an executive order, purportedly aimed at bolstering U.S.**** cybersecurity, after repeated failed attempts to pass legislation through*** * Congress. Anonymous has reached a verdict of NO CONFIDENCE in this executive **** order and the plans to reintroduce the CISPA bill to Congress on the same*** * day. As such, President Obama and the State of the Union Address will be**** BANISHED from the Internet for the duration of live delivery. So as not to** ** infringe upon the President's free speech, subsequent broadcasts will be**** allowed to pass unhindered. This action is being taken to underline a fact** ** that appears to be sorely unrecognized by the Obama Administration - that*** * the Internet is a sovereign territory, and does not fall under the**** jurisdiction of any nation state. We are the natives of this space, and its* *** guardians, and we will fight until death to protect it as a neutral grounds* *** for the unhindered interaction of all members of the human race, so long as* *** they themselves act in harmony with this inviolable principle. Our**** determination is that President Obama is acting in direct contravention of** ** this principle, and his brief exclusion is an educational, rather than a**** punitive measure. We hope that its lesson will be learnt. Punitive measures* *** have not been ruled out. - Anonymous**** ** ** ** ** ==========================================**** (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this **** message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. 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