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100 Years Worth of Federal Prison Charges for Alleged 'Hactivist'?

Reblogged from Prisonmovement's Weblog:

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The federal government is on a rampage to punish Anonymous-style hackers.

Did he engage in a spree of murders? Run a child-sex ring? Not quite. His crime: making leaked e-mails accessible to the public—documents that shine a light on the shadowy world of intelligence contracting in the post-9/11 era.

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Alleged “hacktivist” Barrett Brown, the 31-year old mislabeled “spokesman” for the shadowy hacker collective known as Anonymous, faces federal charges that could put him away for over a hundred years.

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One Response

  1. Thank you!!!

    26 February, 2013 at 02:10

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