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Activist Barrett Brown Pleads Guilty to Three Charges

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Apr

2014

Journalist and activist Barrett Brown has pleaded guilty to two felonies and one misdemeanor. More precisely, he has pleaded guilty to making Internet threats, obstructing the execution of a search warrant, and being an accessory to unauthorized access of a protected computer. He faces up to eight and a half years in prison, which is […]

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Barrett Brown, journalist charged with sharing a hyperlink, reportedly strikes plea deal

04

Apr

2014

Barrett Brown, the journalist who has spent the past fifteen months fighting federal charges that include fraud, hacking, and identity theft, has reportedly reached a plea deal that could reduce a decades-long maximum prison sentence to less than five years. He was arrested in 2012 after being indirectly linked to a hack on the Stratfor […]

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Prosecutors Drop Linking-Related Charges Against Barrett Brown

07

Mar

2014

The legal defense team of Barrett Brown, the famous journalist and activist, has announced a victory. The prosecutors have agreed to drop 11 charges against Brown after defense attorneys filed a motion to dismiss count one and counts 3 through 12. Count two, which hasnt been dismissed, accuses Brown of fraud. However, Kevin Gallagher, the […]

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Activist Barrett Brown Pleads Guilty to Three Charges

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Prosecutors Drop Linking-Related Charges Against Barrett Brown

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