Barrett Brown: Threats To FBI & Raid by FBI

We ain't dr Drew though

He has worked extremely hard to get himself clean. I admire the guy's efforts in doing so. Word for the day - Compassion.

I don't like the guy, I'm not gonna pretend I do. I don't really care about his personal problems, as I'm certain he doesn't give two shits about mine. I still think he got an unfair trial but don't force me to like him.

Has the hacktivist group Anonymous been secretly plotting to overthrow the United States government? Federal prosecutors seem to think so, but attorneys for a Texas man on trial for alleged computer crimes say such isn’t the case.

http://rt.com/usa/barrett-brown-anonymous-overthrow-912/

Of course, any law abiding government wouldn't resort to using such tactics themselves, now, would they ... Oh wait

His mistake was in not linking to a rickroll.

Discuss



Toe to toe, dancing very close
Barely breathing, almost comatose
Wall to wall, people hypnotized
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in rapture

Back to back, sacroiliac
Spineless movement and a wild attack
Face to face, sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in rapture

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's fly
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast, flash is cool
Francois sais pas, flashe' no do

And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light

And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head

And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subarus

And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then when there's no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars
Where the people meet

Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow
'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars

He's eatin' bars, yeah, wall to wall
Door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure

Take a tour through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said, "Don't stop, do punk rock"

Man to man, body muscular
Seismic decibel by the jugular
Wall to wall, tea time technology
And a digital ladder, no sign of bad luck in rapture

Well, now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars
Where the TV's on

Now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot

'Cause the man from Mars
Stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars

Get up!

1968:

Has anyone seen the latest RT article on Barrett?
http://linkis.com/on.rt.com/O1UhY

Oh..marble cake.
Yummy.

http://subliminalridge.blogspot.com/2014/03/barrett-browns-plan-to-overthrow.html

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014...hyperlink-hacked-material-want-case-dismissed

https://twitter.com/apblake/status/441266513622740992

http://www.scribd.com/doc/210801336/17717995604

Anonymous should have declared itself a religious entity. Spaghetti monster worshipers following the way of Rick Christ.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Statement on Dismissal of 11 Charges Against Barrett Brown

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas today filed a motion to dismiss 11 charges against Barrett Brown in a criminal prosecution that would have had massive implications for journalism and the right of ordinary people to share links. EFF has written extensively about the case and had planned to file an amicus brief on Monday on behalf of several reporters groups arguing for the dismissal of the indictment.

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In response to the decision by the federal prosecutor’s office to drop some, but not all of Brown's charges, EFF issued the following statement:

"We are relieved that federal prosecutors have decided to drop these charges against Barrett Brown. In prosecuting Brown, the government sought to criminalize a routine practice of journalism — linking to external sources — which is a textbook violation of free speech protected by the First Amendment. Although this motion is good news for Brown, the unnecessary and unwarranted prosecution has already done much damage; not only has it harmed Brown, the prosecution — and the threat of prosecution it raised for all journalists — has chilled speech on the Internet. We hope that this dismissal of charges indicates a change in the Department of Justice priorities. If not, we will be ready to step in and defend free speech.”

EFF plans to publish its draft brief and deeper analysis later this week.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/eff-statement-dismissal-11-charges-against-barrett-brown

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...ls-court-that-sharing-link-is-not-crime.shtml

I knew a guy in aviation who had helped smuggle drugs in the 80's. The FAA knew it, but he never got caught. So the FAA decided to make up a bunch of crap and revoke his license.

Well out of work, he was broke, not money for attorneys

He represented himself. He appealed everything when he was supposed to do it, etc.
The day before the trial when the real US Atty looked at the FAA's case he dropped the charges. If they had lost the damages to the FAA money wise would have been substantial, so they withdrew the complaint so no liability attached.

My guess is this was a major factor. However they still have to get their pound of flesh, (time served or something) to keep this from being a total disaster for them (the US Atty/FBI).

This is where Barrett will have to cop to some BS charge to get out. NO JUSTICE in the "Justice System"
This would eliminate the US Atty from egg on their face and the FBI along with Barrett's legal fees, and other stuff.
It's close but it ain't over yet.

Sadly, this is probably correct. In a fair world, the rest of their garbage would be thrown out when their case turned out to be trumped-up bullshit as substantial as a fart in a windstorm, but instead, the prosecutor is probably angry and wants revenge for losing and being forced to drop most of this fake case.

It would be great if someone could make a widget that had a clock update showing how long Barrett has been in without bail.
I can;t write code, however someone may be able to that sees this.

If it had Barrett's picture, site links, etc and a continual clock showing how many hours days, etc Barrett has been held.

People could add it to their websites like The Day We Fight Back did.
I would bet a lot of people would take part if it was available.
Thoughts?

About time!!

Gregg on Radio Boston: http://radioboston.wbur.org/2014/03/07/gregg-housh-house-of-cards

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/...brown-still-threatens-journalistic-freedom-us

An adult threatened them with no dessert after dinner.

Sadly, they very well may have intended to drop these charges all along, because they were obviously bullshit, and just used them temporarily to make sure Barrett Brown spent a long time behind bars without even having a trial.

They knew they'd get away with it, because prosecutors routinely maliciously prosecute, and they never have to pay any kind of price for their illegal behavior.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/13/hacker-house-of-cards_n_4951400.html

"To create an authentic hacker setup, Housh sent Willimon a photo of his computer at home. That photo became the model for Orsay’s apartment on the show, which features three computer monitors filled with chat rooms and lines of code."

Hey Meeps....its cool you don;t like the Banner for Barrett idea, just curious as to why

When I thin of a clock like you're describing, Andy, I think of Jack Bauer.

Barrett is no Jack Bauer. So, I pass on the idea.

I do not believe I responded to your idea. Maybe another meep meep clone like me3p m3ep

I think it's a good idea, but the ones you need to convince are Anons with the skillz

I think of a digital clock showing how long he has been held without bail

http://tumblr.freebarrettbrown.org/post/81603619468/barrett-brown-signs-plea-agreement

You are a cunt.