Barrett Brown finally sentenced

Discussion in 'privacy general' started by mirimir, Jan 22, 2015.

  1. mirimir

    mirimir Registered Member

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    http://tumblr.freebarrettbrown.org/post/108769779474/sentencing#_=_

    http://cryptome.org/2015/01/BB_allocution.pdf
    http://cryptome.org/2015/01/BB_allocution.doc
     
  2. Minimalist

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    Barrett Brown warns of 'dangerous precedent' ahead of hacking sentencing
    http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-warns-dangerous-precedent-hacking-sentencing

     
  3. Veeshush

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    EFF Statement on Barrett Brown Sentencing
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/eff-statement-barrett-brown-sentencing
     
  4. Dermot7

    Dermot7 Registered Member

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    By Michelle Garcia

    DALLAS –
    Barrett Brown Sentenced to Five Years, Vows to Keep Investigating Government Wrongdoing - The Intercept
     
  5. driekus

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    Very scary precedent and disproportionate to the scale of the offence. We put child molesters away for that long (albeit I think that should be increased 10 fold)
    Yes threatening an FBI agent is dumb. The other charges are complete BS and I believe infringe free speech.
     
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