th3j35t3r states that XerXes is a DoS
“XerXeS however, as has been shown numerous times, does not require a botnet, zombie PC’s or other people’s bandwidth in order to successfully pull down a site.” 

th3j35t3r states that “nobody is affected but the intended target” 
”Q:  What about collateral damage to third party systems?

A:  Many people worry about the nodes between me and the target. This technique affects nobody but the intended target. All intermediaries remain unaffected.”

Arbor Networks shows attacks on wikileaks servers ranging between 5 and 18 Gigabit on Nov 28 

th3j35t3r attacking Wikileaks on Nov 28

Arbor Networks shows four bursts between  4 and 10 Gigabit on Nov 30

th3j35t3r: “I am not officially funded, supported or otherwise sponsored….have been down for 2 weeks now as a direct result of the pressure XerXes exerted on the target”

Slowloris: attack model weaponized in XerXes

Two immediate questions come to mind:

1. Why has no one questioned th3j35t3r’s unhindered ability to be judge, jury and prosecutor in online affairs?
2. If XerXes takes down websites with a technically complex, low bandwidth DoS that exploits the vulnerabilities of various online HTTP servers, why did the attacks range between 5 and 18 Gigabit (Musings: where did the wikileaks primary hosting provider fit 5 to 18Gb capable lines???  Infiniband to the server rack?  20 servers with 2xGb ethernet each connected to load balancers?   Something to think about: wikileaks’ sites were accessible for most of the day!  )?

The first question seems to be the most pertinent - in the age where so many people are involved in the struggle for “Net Neutrality,” why isn’t there more “pressure” on governments to do something about th3j35t3r, especially if he alone seemingly has the ability to govern what exists on the internet?

Further: in an age where governments are losing the ability to govern the internet, why don’t they see th3j35t3r as a very singular threat?

Those morally supporting th3j35t3r’s actions, if willing:

• Please rationalize your support of th3j35t3r’s actions in context of the concept of a trial by jury.
• Also, if willing to take the time, please rationalize exactly what response you would take if you found yourself to be the subject of an attack by th3j35t3r.