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Barrett Brown (born August 14, 1981) is an American journalist, essayist and satirist. He is often referred to as an unofficial spokesperson for the hacktivist collective Anonymous, a label he disputes.[1] He founded Project PM, a research collaboration and wiki, to facilitate analysis of the troves of hacked emails and other leaked information concerning the inner workings of the cyber-military-industrial complex.[2] Project PM aims to operate a wiki in order to provide a centralized, actionable data set regarding the intelligence contracting industry, the public relations industry's interface with governments, the infosec cybersecurity industry, and other issues constituting what the project's members regard as threats to human rights, civic transparency, individual privacy, and the health of democratic institutions.

He has spent over two years in FCI Seagoville federal prison and at one time faced over a hundred more as he awaited trial on an assortment of seventeen charges filed in three indictments that include sharing an HTTP link to information publicly released during the2012 Stratfor email leak, and several counts of conspiring to publicize restricted information about an FBI agent.[3][4][5][6] Between September 2013 and April 2014 he was held under an agreed gag order prohibiting him from discussing his case with the media.[3][7]

In March 2014, most charges against Brown were dropped.[50] In April 2014, it was reported that Brown had agreed to a plea bargain.[51]

In January 2015, Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison. He was also ordered to pay over $890,000 in fines and restitution.[52]

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Barrett Brown's allocution / sentencing statement Barrett Brown's allocution / sentencing statement Good afternoon, Your Honor. The allocution I give today is going to be a bit different from the sort that usually concludes a sentencing hearing,...

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