Anonymous joins forces with OWS against NDAA-supporting politicians

Communications website revealed details early Monday this week regarding the hacktivist collective’s latest campaign.
Along with the nation-wide Occupy Wall Street movement, Anonymous says they are going after the politicians in America that supported legislation that both entities have largely advocated against.
“Elected officials serve one purpose — to represent their constituents, the people who voted them into office,” reads a statement posted on the website. “Last year, many of our elected officials let us down by giving in to deep-pocketed lobbyists and passing laws meant to boost corporate profits at the expense of individual liberty.”
The legislation in question include the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. In an act of retaliation aimed at those that supported these bills, the groups have released a roster of politicians that have not only expressed favor for the laws, but that are also up for re-election this year.
“You are one person. You have one vote. Use that vote on November 6 to hold your elected official accountable for supporting bills such as NDAA, SOPA and PIPA,” reads their statement.
Although both SOPA and PIPA have been halted in Congress, the NDAA was successfully signed into law by US President Barack Obama on December 31, 2011, granting the commander-in-chief the power to authorise the military detainment of American citizens without ever bringing charges against them.
“Our Senators and Representatives showed how little they cared about personal freedoms when they voted overwhelmingly to pass the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA),” reads Monday’s statement, which also calls the act “a prominent threat to the inalienable due process rights of every US citizen as laid out in the Constitution.”
“It allows the military to engage in civilian law enforcement, and to suspend due process, habeas corpus or other constitutional guarantees when desired. Our congressmen passed one of the greatest threats to civil liberties in the history of the United States.” — RT.