Home Secretary rejects McKinnon anti-extradition plea

Antaletriangle · 10-14-2008, 03:18 PM

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10...dition_latest/
Game over for Pentagon hacker?
Latest nes from Gary mckinnon-
By John Leyden
13th October 2008 17:11 GMT

The Home Secretary has rejected a request to rip up an extradition order against accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.

McKinnon was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and solicitors for the Briton wrote to Jacqui Smith saying his medical condition ought to mean he should face criminal prosecution over his admitted hacking activities in the UK rather than the US. The 42 year-old London-based Scot faces seven charges of hacking into 97 US government, NASA and military systems during 2001 and 2002. He has described the acts as an attempt to unearth proof that the US military was suppressing evidence that it had acquired advanced technology from UFOs.

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Hacker McKinnon's mum squares up to US
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...er-mum-squares
THE US MILITARY believes it will soon get its hands on Gary McKinnon, the hapless British hacker who made a mockery of it while it was planning its invasion of Iraq in 2003. But it hadn't reckoned on Janis Sharp, Gary's mum.

Janis told the INQ she would chain herself and her son to a railing before she let anyone take him to stand trial in the US against hacking charges.

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Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Home Secretary rejects McKinnon anti-extradition plea http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10...dition_latest/ Game over for Pentagon hacker? Latest nes from Gary mckinnon- By John Leyden 13th October 2008 17:11 GMT The Home Secretary has rejected a request to rip up an extradition order against accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon. McKinnon was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and solicitors for the Briton wrote to Jacqui Smith saying his medical condition ought to mean he should face criminal prosecution over his admitted hacking activities in the UK rather than the US. The 42 year-old London-based Scot faces seven charges of hacking into 97 US government, NASA and military systems during 2001 and 2002. He has described the acts as an attempt to unearth proof that the US military was suppressing evidence that it had acquired advanced technology from UFOs. continued on link above. Hacker McKinnon's mum squares up to US http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...er-mum-squares THE US MILITARY believes it will soon get its hands on Gary McKinnon, the hapless British hacker who made a mockery of it while it was planning its invasion of Iraq in 2003. But it hadn't reckoned on Janis Sharp, Gary's mum. Janis told the INQ she would chain herself and her son to a railing before she let anyone take him to stand trial in the US against hacking charges.