A federal judge has refused to recuse herself from the closely watched
trial of jailed computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, an alleged member of the
group "Anonymous" charged with hacking into the computers of the
private intelligence firm Stratfor and turning over some five million
emails to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Hammond’s lawyers had
asked Federal Judge Loretta Preska to recuse herself because her husband
worked for a client of Stratfor, and himself had his email hacked.
Hammond’s supporters say the Stratfor documents shed light on how the
private intelligence firm monitors activists and spies for corporate
clients. He has been held without bail or trial for more than nine
months. We speak with Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center
for Constitutional Rights, about Hammond’s case.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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