Citizens of the United States, Citizens of the World, Anonymous within both groups:

For those of us who label ourselves human, the events of today (15 April 2013) have brought forth at least one of the following reactions: emotion, shock, cynicism, or fear. There were lives lost today. There were lives permanently maimed today. The outpouring of grief over this event has been intense and painful. Not long after the blow felt from the Connecticut Massacre, more agony and chaos has been laid upon our collectively overburdened shoulders. The weapon being bombs this time instead of guns has not dulled the pain, only tear the still damaged wound even deeper. After the initial shock and grief began to subside, I noticed there was a different emotion still lingering independent from the ones mentioned earlier — I noticed confusion. There are too many questions without answers surrounding this event. Who committed this atrocity? Why? If this was a terrorist attack, how did our protections after 9/11 fail a second time? Why was the damage so small this time in comparison? I repeat, these are questions I demand answers. I hope fellow Anonymous and fellow Americans alike share my indestructible desire for truth.

After we have taken time to respond to the emotions and to help those most in need, we as a People must not forget our duty to the victims. There are at least 2 distinct entities that must be held accountable for the events that transpired today. First and foremost the perpetrators of the crime, the people who planted and detonated those bombs. The second entity is the organization(s) responsible for the protection of our people. If this was a premeditated event, as the evidence clearly shows, how many fail-safes went wrong to allow this level of destruction? Where were all these points of failure specifically? We must address all of them and make sure this cannot happen again, with one new requirement. None of our liberties as a People are to be sacrificed in achieving this level of security. After 9/11, we Americans have repeatedly surrendered our most precious rights to a government that still fails to protect us. Giving up more of our rights is NOT an appropriate answer.

As both Anonymous and as an American citizen, my priority has always been my freedom even before my personal safety. We must never forget the true reason and true purpose behind both Anonymous and the unique American government, as they were born from the same strand. Both entities, Anonymous and The United States Government, were created by the People in order to achieve freedom from tyranny. Freedom is our shared core value, the one we will never allow to be stolen. Safeguarding against foreign threats, while important, will always come second to this expensive freedom we have already earned. American citizens elect our officials assuming they remember this unforgettable priority; that they remember the price paid in blood during the war this country was born, paid in blood again during the war that almost defeated slavery. We elect these officials, who are also fellow Americans, assuming they vow to protect our Constitutional Freedoms. I demand and expect our government to renew their broken promises, to perform their duties with the priority of liberty always in mind when making their decisions. Our elected officials must enact and enforce legislation without any more sacrifices from the People. We have already given them far too much, so much more than we should bear. I will no longer compromise my rights for a broken, corrupt system that still allows the bloodshed of innocent lives, foreign or domestic.

The current politicians in power, as well as the military, might have different opinions than the one I hold as an individual civilian. They might claim we need harsher laws and harsher penalties to dissuade potential criminals from harming others. They might even claim this is the only possible solution. I call bullshit. Such nonsense rhetoric is merely propaganda. They have already long employed this strategy with inadequate results. We the People need transparency, We the People need accountability. The criminals in question must be held responsible, *and* they must receive and deserve due process just as any other accused within our legal system. If we are still in an era where it's acceptable to throw people in jail without due process, the time is now to renew that written promise as well. Everything must be out in the open, the truth must be released if it is still held captive. The American public is already prepared. As a citizen of this country, I call upon all authorities who still remember that it is the People who are their true source of power. I request these authorities to search for and release any truth found to the public in an appropriate manner. Even under the circumstance that an organization within the US government itself is to blame, **especially** if this were the case, the information must be released in full. Any organization willing to murder American lives must be abolished, foreign or domestic.

Finally, I wish to address newly born Anonymous unfairly awoken during the harsh events of the Boston Bombings. You are joining this cause because of your deep yearning for truth, freedom, and justice. My friends, quiet and focus your rage. Do not be angry without reason, doing so will grant you zero advantage. Be angry instead in your search for the truth. In the same vein, do not suppress your emotion for this event. Do not forget the grief felt when you heard the news and saw the pictures, channel and reference that grief properly when seeking a solution. Lean into the pain, understand its true source. That source is confusion. So far, we do not know why these lives were broken, but we *will* find out. The perpetrators might be able to run from us, but they cannot hide from the undying power of Truth. For those of you who already know what must be done, you need no instruction or permission. For the others who lack this information, await instruction. There will be councils who discuss what must be done as a united force. While my brothers and sisters work from the Darkness, I will continue to work from the Light. Those who are capable of fighting for freedom in any capacity, I encourage you to do so, Anonymous or not.

Find out what happened Anonymous. This first stage is #OpWhoDunIt. If proper evidence confirms the worst possible case, that the US Government itself murdered its own citizens, we cannot afford to let the events that occurred today to go unaccounted for, even for a moment. I would rather be labeled a hooligan conspiracy theorist than live in a country where a government authorizes the collateral murder of its own citizens. I hope there are others who share this preference.

Now is the time to organize, now is the time to destroy wickedness wherever it exists. Now is the time for Truth.

We are Anonymous.

We are Legion.

We may Forgive.

We will never Forget.