linking is the new thought crime, Barret Brown, Stratfor, government freak out

official support site: https://freebarrettbrown.org/

Nerd Scare (Slate)
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/01/barrett_brown_sentencing_the_u_s_government_overreaction_to_hackers.html

Don’t Believe What the Government Says About Barrett Brown (New York Observer)
http://observer.com/2015/01/dont-believe-what-the-government-says-about-barrett-brown/

FBI-baiter Barrett Brown gets five years in chokey plus $890,000 fine (The Register)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/23/barratt_brown_gets_five_years_in_slammer_after_stratfor_link_and_fbi_threats/

How hacking confusion threatens tech reporters (Colombia Journalism Review)
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/barrett_brown_hacking_tech.php

2013:

The Strange Case of Barrett Brown (The Nation)
Amid the outrage over the NSA's spying program, the jailing of journalist Barrett Brown points to a deeper and very troubling problem.
http://www.thenation.com/article/174851/strange-case-barrett-brown