U.S. prosecutors decided Wednesday not to pursue crucial criminal charges against journalist and activist Barrett Brown, specifically, accusations that Brown pasted a hyperlink containing hacked information into a chat room.
Brown, 32, had faced potentially 100 years in prison after his September 2012 arrest on charges related to threatening an FBI agent, obstructing justice and hyperlinking to stolen information online. On Wednesday, federal prosecutor Sarah R. Saldaña filed a motion to dismiss 11 of the 17 charges against Brown, which related to hyperlinking.
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