Kevin Gallagher. Anonymous : You Can’t Arrest An Idea

Kevin Gallagher is a systems administrator and activist

who is interested in privacy and freedom of information. After Barrett Brown’s arrest, he created Free Barrett Brown, a support network, advocacy organization, and legal defense fund. To that end, he has been responsible for much of the public efforts that have been put forth regarding Brown’s defense. He now works for Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Barrett Brown Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison

Barrett Brown’s allocution / sentencing statement. “If we don’t have Jeremy Hammond, if we don’t have Edward Snowden, if we don’t have Chelsea Manning, Barrett Brown, we don’t have a free (…)

23 January 2015

HOPE X - Persecution of Information Activists

Barrett Brown, a Dallas-based writer and freelance journalist, was arrested in late 2012. And indicted several times on charges including the publication of a hyperlink. He was earlier pegged (…)

23 July 2014

Kevin M. Gallagher - Free Barrett Brown

Kevin M. Gallagher is a writer, musician and systems administrator based in western Massachusetts. He is pursuing issues related to digital rights, freedom of information, privacy, copyrights and (…)

16 August 2013

We do not forget Barrett Brown

Dear friend of press freedom, I’m writing to you with an urgent request: your support for the legal defense fund of Barrett Brown, an investigative journalist now facing life in prison as a (…)

17 July 2013