Barrett Brown Quotes

• When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villains themselves.

  Barrett Brown

  Mean, Fighting, Agency

  "Barrett Brown Sentenced to Five Years, Vows to Keep Investigating Government Wrongdoing". Interview with Michelle Garcia, theintercept.com. January 23, 2015.

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• Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.

  Barrett Brown

  Advantage, Politeness, Wells

  "Flock of Dodos: Behind Modern Creationism, Intelligent Design and the Easter Bunny". Book by Barrett Brown and ‎Jon P. Alston, 2007.

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• The US government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they’re now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex.

  Barrett Brown

  Jobs, Government, Today

  "Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months for 'merely linking to hacked material'" by Nicky Woolf, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2015.

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