== allegations of torture == 
 Ed brown supporters/websites (prisonplanet.com for one) have been accusing the federal holding facility he is at of torturing him, recently someone got a hold of Ed, recorded their phone convo (http://prisonplanet.com/audio/171007brown.mp3) and Ed Brown claims they have held him in a deprivation tank for 15+hrs and gassed him. Relevant? (personally, though, i think he's full of shit.)