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Our opinions on the application of law and justice are usually diametrically opposed, but I have to thank you for taking the time to write this out. It's comple
by thaumaturgy 12y ago
Our opinions on the application of law and justice are usually diametrically opposed, but I have to thank you for taking the time to write this out. It's completely fair and even-handed, and focuses on the facts of the case.
- tptacek 12y agoThank you. I doubt we're diametrically opposed, unless you're an anarcho-capitalist. A detail I didn't have until this comment was too stale to edit: The "accessory after the fact" charge seems to have been --- according to Kim Zetter --- based not on the transmission of the link, but rather the specific role Brown played as a go-between for the Stratfor hacker and Stratfor itself. To wit: Brown is apparently accused of exploiting that role for the purpose of throwing the scent off Jeremy Hammond. You can be deeply aware of a crime in progress and not have any duty under US criminal law to police your fellow citizens. But that's a precarious position to be in: as soon as you do anything that can be construed as helping the crime, you graduate from witness to accessory. That seems to have been what happened to Brown.