NSA spying and inequality are deeply, inextricably linked.

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41. some are still following the trail

Brown case, including Brown’s initial (aborted by arrest) reporting on Endgame.22 Hastings, prior to his
untimely death, posted on his Twitter account to his friend Ron Brynaert that he was going to be working on
Barrett Brown's story and to “get ready for your mind to be blown”.23

However, before going underground Michael Hastings' car exploded and his engine was blown sixty feet in a
fiery crash in Los Angeles. Many journalists on the left in the US have assumed foul play in the Hastings
crash and recently an Email was released by one of Hastings' friends in the military that suggests Hastings
was onto a major case and about to go underground after learning he was being investigated and under
surveillance by people he assumed were FBI.

Clearly the FBI worked with the creators of Bonesaw and their supporters in the intelligence infrastructure
who had no desire to see any of this come to light. In fact, when HBGary was researching people on the left
who were writing about misconduct at the US Chamber of Commerce, Christopher Rouland ordered an
Endgame employee to write an Email to HBGary that stated “please let HBGary know we don't want to see
our name in an Email” as was recently reported by Nation magazine in an article about Barrett Brown.
Brown, according to Nation magazine, published as a reporter the Email from the Stratfor data dump that
Anonymous made available. Brown and his “Project PM” which Michael Hastings was also a part of
became fascinated with Endgame.

It appears Endgame desired to remain under the radar as was exhibited by an exchange between HBGary's
Aaron Barr and Brian Masterson at Xteron brought to light by Barrett Brown's reporting where he
reproduced these Email exchanges:

Aaron Barr to Brian Masterson of Xetron: "But they are awfully cagey about their data. They keep
telling me that if their name gets out in the press they are done. Why?"

CEO Chris Rouland to employee John Farrell: "Please let HBgary know we don't ever want to see
our name in a press release."

John Farrell to Aaron Barr: "Chris wanted me to pass this along. We've been very careful NOT to
have public face on our company. Please ensure Palantir and your other partners understand we're
purposefully trying to maintain a very low profile. Chris is very cautious based on feedback we've
received

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