Poor Gary Mckinnon

[Ali Quadir]

Originally Posted by zorgon

So by that logic if I go out of my house one day and forget to lock the door, though its closed, that gives you the okay to walk in and rob me because I did not have a sign on my door saying keep out?

You're making a strawman here... If you leave your door open and I walk in, notice you're not at home and walk out, without robbing you then I did not commit a crime. Even if while Inside I look at the photo album on your desk...

Theres a difference between ethical behavior and committing crimes. It would not be ethical of me. But it would technically not be a crime.

If I ROB you then I commit a crime... If I take something that belongs to you that is not inside your house then I would commit a crime. The fact that there is a house around the object makes no difference.

Originally Posted by murnut

No "hacker" has ever gotten more than 10 years, and 95% are sentence to under 5.

Gary and some of his supporters have deliberately stretched the limits of the truth to play the sympathy card.

Foreigners were kidnapped and trialled by the US some were even subjected to torture. People who committed less of a crime than McKinnon. Without any hearings. If I were the British I'd demand some very reliable guarantees for this man's welbeing and fair trial.