Investigators in the prosecution of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking top secret documents to WikiLeaks, may face a backlash from activist hackers online, reports NextGov.com.
Gregg Housh, an Internet activist who follows the pro-WikiLeaks hacking collective known as “Anonymous”, said there is talk in the chat rooms of retaliating against people involved in the prosecution of Manning, who is currently sitting in on a military pretrial hearing to determine whether he should face a court martial.
Housh said the talk in particular is focused in on retaliating against a government-hired forensics specialist and an investigator from the Army .
“Both are being talked about pretty heavily as possibly problems that need to be dealt with,” said Housh, according to NextGov.
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