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I have taken an order of aerospokes with built in brakes recently.
Well I say brake, it's just a 6th spoke with aerospoke written on it, which rests in a little clip on your bars. You just shove it into your wheel when you need to stop - works every time.
On a serious note, I'm about to run a shimano sora brake on my painted aerospoke to keep my mum happy while I visit her at home. I really hope I don't actually need to use it as it will thoroughly ruin the paint.
billybob: run a spok with a brake, plenty of people do it. there's no technical reason why you shouldn't. Other than if it's a one with the braking surface painted, and even then it's a purely aesthetic reason.
In fact, spoks are so good at maintaining momentum (due to weighing more than any other component on any given bike), having a brake might not be a bad idea, as it'll help counter the longer stopping distances this results in. (duh.)