Barrett Brown: Agency

Barrett Brown is American journalist, essayist and satirist. Explore interesting quotes on agency.

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“Anyone who dismisses out of hand evidence that U. S. intelligence agencies still do some of the things that they now brag about having done not too long ago is not a skeptic, but a fool.”

Barrett Brown

Huffington Post, "Wikileaks Blows Whistle; Most Miss the Point" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barrett-brown/wikileaks-blows-whistle-o_b_525066.html, 7 April 2010.

Fools , Intelligence

“I would love to debate any politician in any western state on the question of whether the rule of law ought to be respected in a world where even the most "respectable" governments establish intelligence agencies that routinely violate those laws at taxpayer expense and at no real penalty to anyone involved.”

Barrett Brown

The Guardian, "Anonymous: a net gain for liberty" http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jan/27/anonymous-internet, 27 January 2011.

Love , World , Law , Penalty

“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

The Guardian, "Barrett Brown statement: 'This is not the rule of law, it is the rule of law enforcement'" http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/22/barrett-brown-hacking-sentencing-full-statement-text, 22 January 2015.

Law , History , Fight