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Barrett Brown Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Connection with Stratfor Hack

Source: Wired

Some consider Barrett Brown, a journalist and activist recently sentenced to five years in prison, a political prisoner. Read the article to decide for yourself.

This entry was posted in Hard-Won Liberty and tagged Culture & Society, Current Events, People on August 1, 2015 by Mikki Gibson.

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