Linking Dangerously

indole writes "Some /.'ers might remember the story of Sherman Austin, a Californina native who created the "anarchy" website raisethefist.com. Besides posting links to bomb-making instructions, the site caught the ire of the FBI for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. Well, approximately 18 months later Sherman Austin, now age 20, has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison. According to Austin, 'he took a plea bargain because he feared his case was eligible for a terrorism enhancement, which could have added 20 years to his sentence.' Doubleplusungood."

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this shouldn't surprise anyone

[Sivaram_Velauthapill]

This shouldn't surprise anyone... at the rate that USA is going, I guess I don't need to wait for the collapse of capitalism. Tyranny will take it down long before that...

The US govt has always treated anarchists very badly. You probably don't know this but the modern incarnation of May day was influenced by the execution of some anarchists. This person is just the recent victim...

I'm just wondering who is going to be next. Let's see which activist gets thrown in jail for 5 years next :(:(:(