[–] issueninja ago
He regretted having recorded and posted videos in which he threatened an FBI agent who was investigating Brown, calling the videos “idiotic” and the product of a “manic state” brought on by a withdrawal from drugs used to control his heroin addiction. He admitted that he “stupidly” tried to hide laptop computers from FBI agents when they arrived at his mother’s home with a search warrant. He said he had crossed the line from journalist to collaborator when he contacted security firm, Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) with an offer to redact sensitive material from a major 2011 hack, diverting attention from hacker Jeremy Hammond. “I have never denied I was involved with Anonymous,” Brown said. “But that means different things at different times.”
Was he really put in prison for reporting on gov and corporations? He publicly threatened an FBI agent. Then he lied to FBI agents. IMO those things should be legal, but they are not. If you do that, they will put you in prison even if you have political connections and the original charge was illegal parking. They put Martha Stewart in Federal prison for whole lot less than what this guy did.
[–] sunshine702 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Fuck the feds. Hero.
REAL journalists get treated like this. That's why journalism is mostly dead.
[–] Gringojones ago
All I can see is that he was supposedly arrested for speaking to other people. Am I taking this wrong? There has to be something more to this, right?
[–] QuestionEverything 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Imprisoning reporters for revealing gov't malfeasance?
CHECK.
Tats a big tyranny check btw..
[–] LinoleumFulcrum ago
So when is the almighty Donald going to swoop in and rescue this guy?