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by Someone1234
3415 days ago
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I just read through his Wikipedia entry. I'm confused: He got 63 months in jail for uploading a "threatening" YouTube video? The rest of the charges seem to be vague "resisting arrest"-like charges (i.e. charges they just piled on to get a plea, which they got). In fact the original reason for the raid didn't seem to result in charges against him. It is a bunch of artificial charges they piled on later, and his response to the original raid in a video that they got him on. Not to mention that they had twelve charges at one point because he posted a hyperlink? The whole thing is really odd. I've read a few cases like this where the federal government just piles on tons of charges because they just want to "get" an individual and they're quite indifferent for what. |
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Nope.
He actually aided and abetted the person or persons who committed the Stratfor hack. He also obstructed the investigation and hindered the feds from arresting those responsible.
The foolish act of threatening the FBI was tacked on as well. For someone with his intelligence, this was clearly a "fuck you" to the FBI which is never smart. He threatened the agent (illegal), said he would disclose his public address online (illegal) and did it over the internet (illegal).
I don't have much sympathy for him tbh. He could have rolled on his buddies and gave them up, or given the evidence the feds wanted (his laptop), but the way this whole thing went down, I feel this is exactly what he wanted and he got it in spades. The thing that gets me is he thought he could taunt the FBI, hide behind his first amendment rights and then expect nothing would happen.
Barrett Brown Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Connection to Stratfor Hack -https://www.wired.com/2015/01/barrett-brown-sentenced-5-year...