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January 30, 2022 03:34 pm

'Anonymous' Hacktivist Martin Gottesfeld Said To Be Held In Solitary Confinement

Slashdot reader reader Danngggg has been keeping us up-to-date about the case of Marty Gottesfeld, the Anonymous hacktivist initially prosecuted by the same U.S. attorney who prosecuted Aaron Swartz into suicide:Anonymous hacktivist Marty Gottesfeld was first covered by Slashdot in 2016, when he was rescued by at sea by a Disney cruise liner and then arrested by the FBI.... He's been practicing journalism from inside the Bureau of Prisons, most recently highlighting sexual abuse.... Marty's home for the last three years [has been] the "Communications Management Unit" at FCI Terre Haute, in Terre Haute, Indiana. The CMU was created in 9/11 era to hold terrorists.... In August prison officials told him that he was being recommended to "step down" out of the CMU. But this week he was transferred to the other CMU in Marion, Illinois. They are keeping him in indefinite solitary confinement without cause or explanation; Sunday marked the beginning of month five. One of these two CMUs is likely where the U.S. will place Assange if extradited.

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