OpCartel gets stranger as Anonymous spokesman links DA to cartels
While the online activists, hackers, and others aligned with Anonymous have backed off on their threats of exposing members of the Mexican Zetas drug cartel, at least some of those involved are now taking their campaign forward against other Mexican narcotics organizations. And a North Carolina district attorney has become the first to be named in the new OpCartel "doxxing" campaign. Meanwhile, the Texas man who has become a non-anonymous face of Anonymous says he is being stalked by agents of the Zetas—while some contend he's staging the whole thing as a way to promote an upcoming book.
Barrett Brown, who has promoted himself as being involved in the OpCartel effort against the Zetas, is also reportedly working on a book for Amazon, mostly about Anonymous' activities during the "Arab Spring" uprising in Tunisia. Now he is attempting to coordinate additional efforts against other drug cartels, and has alleged that he has e-mails tying Buncombe County district attorney Ron Moore to the Houstones, an American gang. Brown originally contended that Moore was cooperating with Mexican drug cartels.
Moore faxed a written statement to WLOS TV in Asheville, NC, denying the allegations on Sunday. "This allegation is not true and it is the height of negligent and irresponsible journalism to promote this untrue and unverified gossip," he wrote in the statement. "Sadly, we live in a climate where elected officials are attacked in blogs by unscrupulous individuals who do not believe they should be held accountable for their libel."
