Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months for 'merely linking to hacked material'

[kpete]

Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months for 'merely linking to hacked material'
The journalist and former Anonymous member says of prison term and fine in statement: ‘They’re sending me to investigate the prison-industrial complex

In a rebuke to a legion of online supporters and what the journalist and one-time member of Anonymous called a “dangerous precedent”, Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison by a federal judge in Dallas on Thursday.

Brown’s backers from across the web had hoped he would be able to walk free with his 31 months of time served for what they insist was “merely linking to hacked material”. But the 33-year-old, who was once considered something of a spokesman for the Anonymous movement, will face more than twice that sentence. The judge also ordered him to pay more than $890,000 in restitution and fines.

In a statement released after his sentencing, Brown was sarcastically upbeat:

“Good news!” he wrote. “The US government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they’re now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex.”

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/barrett-brown-trial-warns-dangerous-precedent-hacking-sentencing


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[OKNancy]

1. changing the title again

The article states that "merely linking" is what his supporters say.
However he PLEADED GUILTY to: transmitting a threat, trying to hide a laptop computer during a raid, and to being "accessory after the fact in the unauthorized access to a protected computer."

He threatened an FBI agent and his FAMILY.

He's a loon.

[metalbot]

3. Exactly

Partial transcript of Barrett's indictment:

Brown called FBI Special Agent [RS] a "fucking
chicken shit little faggot cocksucker"

Brown stated "when I say [RS's] life is over,
I don't say I'm going to kill him, but I am
going to ruin his life and look into his fucking
kids"

Brown stated "I"m armed, that I come from a military
family, that I was taught to shoot by a Vietnam Vet
and by my father a master hunter ... I will shoot
all of them and kill them if they come"

Edit: tried to add dropbox link to the original document, but it's not working. A search for the text above would probably pull up the doc.

[pipoman]

2. Yeah....we'll see how that works out for him....

At one point I liked the idea of Anonymous, the reality of Anonymous isn't really anything I can support....

[randome]

4. They're falling apart because they have no center.

They've threatened Ferguson police and Lizard Squad and ISIS recently. Wonder how that's going?
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