Barrett Brown

Barrett Brown's heroin can probably be traced back to Mexican drug cartels

God Bless America

Take Hunter S. Thompson and Batman, mix the two, and strip the result of the dignity, inability to give a fuck, and all other redeeming qualities; add the internet and lack of a real job. Welcome to the world of Barrett Brown, a strung out mediocre reporter, and self-proclaimed spokesfaggot for the "Anonymous hacktivist collective" who, despite ongoing attempts, is not a household name. A former author (read, "I wrote two articles, does that mean I work here?") for the "American Atheist", Barrett is no more than, in layman's terms, a self-righteous, opinionated, attention-seeking, cunt. Eventually concluding that big brother and godhatesfags were not enough to shove his agenda towards, Barrett decided to take on drug cartels who have guns and power, with his computer and the effectiveness of a strongly-worded blog.

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Zetas irl

Barrett finally received some of the recognition he felt he deserved in 2011 after Anonymous declared "war" on the Zetas, who were underestimated as being a bit more dangerous than the 13-year-olds and ghetto police websites usually targeted by 1337 Anons. Demanding the release of an alleged Anonymous member taken hostage by Zetas (remember, alleged) Brown and buddies threatened to release the names of 75 Zeta enablers that were purportedly collected through "hacked" emails.

Downward path of a schizophrenic

	“	@backtracesec Know anything about the man who photographed me repeatedly, up-close after my speech at city hall in NYC, 2011?	„
	—Barrett Brown

[14:14] <@th3j35t3r> okay brown - post the phrase 'I harass innocent people by phone'
[14:14] <@th3j35t3r> on your twitter
[14:14] <BarrettBrown> Sure, after you post "I accuse random people of being criminals"

On one hand, Brown has cartels after him, however, th3j35t3r has done a stellar job of pissing off already-enraged terrorists. Only time will tell.

See also

• AnonOps - You can't fix stupid
• Sabu - Barrett's h4xer bro

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