They are a notorious elite Internet pirate organization

Finally! Some respect for all the ‘leet crackers out there spreading the warez. The above quote is from Bob Kruger, from the BSA, who appears to be about 10 years behind the scene. Apparently, all those 14 year old kids stepping through stack traces on their pirated copies of SoftICE are involved in funding terrorist organizations. Uh huh, you heard it here. If all of that sounds a bit far fetched to you, here’s some insight. Rich LaManga, the senior manager in charge of worldwide investigations for Microsoft’s Law and Corporate Affairs group, used to be the deputy chief of intelligence and and chief of the special intelligence division for the U.S. DEA. Ahh, now the rhetoric starts to sound familiar.