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Hacker Group Anonymous Leaks Chilling Video in Case of Alleged Steubenville Rape, Cover-Up

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We turn to Steubenville, Ohio, where members of a high school football team allegedly raped an underage girl and possibly urinated on her unconscious body over the course of an evening of partying in late August. The young men chronicled their actions on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. But after many in the town of Steubenville, including the high school football coach, rallied to the players’ defense, the hacker group "Anonymous" vowed to release the accused players’ personal information unless an apology was made. Anonymous has since released a video showing a male Steubenville high schooler joking about the alleged victim. We’re joined by three guests: Monika Johnson Hostler, president of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; Kristen Gwynne, an associate editor at Alternet; and "X", a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous using a pseudonym. [includes rush transcript]

Guests:

Monika Johnson Hostler, president of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence.

"X", member of the hacktivist group Anonymous, using a pseudonym.

Kristen Gwynne, associate editor at AlterNet. Her recent article is "How Anonymous Hacking Exposed Steubenville High School Rape Case."

transcript excerpts:

..."The young men chronicled their actions on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, using words such as "drunk girl," "rape" in their posts. One former football player tweeted, quote, "Song of the night is definitely Rape Me by Nirvana," and, quote, "Some people deserve to be peed on." In one video, an 18-year-old laughs about how unconscious the alleged rape victim was during the incident and refers to her as, quote, "the dead girl."

STEUBENVILLE TEEN 1: Is it really rape? Because you don’t know if she wanted to or not. She might have wanted to. That might have been her final wish.

STEUBENVILLE TEEN 2: No, y’all think she’s dead?

STEUBENVILLE TEEN 1: She’s dead.

AMY GOODMAN: Before many of the party goers could delete their incriminating posts, local crime blogger Alexandria Goddard made copies and publicized them on her website. She was sued for defamation [ only in America! echoes of Bradley Manning!?], but the charges have since been dropped. Many Steubenville locals have criticized Goddard and the victim for bringing negative public attention to the football team [of course; in America they have their own definition of 'hero', of 'crime']. Head football coach Reno Saccoccia has refused to bench his players and reportedly advised them to delete any incriminating messages.

Well, now the cyber-activist group Anonymous has launched a campaign to unmask what they say is the football-crazy town’s attempt to cover up the sexual assault. Last month, the group hijacked the football team’s website and threatened to release the personal data of school officials, coaches and every player on the team if those involved in the suspected rape did not publicly apologize.

In August, after the girl’s parents reported the suspected rape, two football players were arrested and later charged with kidnapping and raping the 16-year-old woman. They are scheduled to stand trial as juveniles in February. However, on Saturday, Sheriff Fred Abdalla told protesters no more suspects would be charged in the rape case. Amidst boos from the crowds, Abdalla defended his department’s commitment to prosecuting sexual offenders.

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MONIKA JOHNSON HOSTLER: Yes, thank you for having me, Amy.

I think my response is like most people’s: It’s a guttural response, that this is a violent, heinous act right here in the United States, where it appears that—for those of us who are not in Ohio, it’s taken a little bit longer for us to get the details that Kristie just described for us. And based on that description, I think most of us know, if this was any other type of case where there were onlookers or other people, that we would be considering and holding those people who also witnessed and also were a part of engaging in sexually assaulting or dragging this young woman from party to party as aiding and abetting or at least responsible, in some capacity, criminally, as well.

AMY GOODMAN: Isn’t some of this alleged to have happened at the home of the Jefferson County prosecutor? [!!]

MONIKA JOHNSON HOSTLER: Yes, that’s what I—

AMY GOODMAN: Kristen, and Monika?

MONIKA JOHNSON HOSTLER: That’s what I understand, that it was held at the home of a prosecutor. And what I can say, for the community and the state of Ohio, is it seemed, early on, the police chief at the time, not the sheriff, but—was readily open and willing for the attorney general to come in and take the case, which I think is more than appropriate, considering here in North Carolina, I’m from a small town where everyone does know everyone and football is paramount to the community, that it’s extremely important that there be someone outside that community engaged in the criminal prosecution of this case.

AMY GOODMAN: Jane Hamlin, who is the Jefferson County prosecutor, has recused herself from the case, presumably because of her son?