Hacker Gary McKinnon stays in Britain …
p2pnet news | Freedom:- British hacker Gary McKinnon, 41, can, after all, appeal his extradition to the US.
It was feared McKinnon, aka Solo who’s described himself as a “bumbling computer nerd,” would be forced on an unwanted trip to the US to face charges of breaking into U.S. military and government computer networks.
UK home secretary John Reid had approved the American demands to send McKinnon to America for trial even though his lawyers had argued he’d been subjected to “improper threats” and the extradition would breach his human rights.
Now the man who started his hacking career looking for proof of a UFO cover-up by penetrating American computers can appeal his extradition to Britain’s highest court, the House of Lords, says Computerworld, adding:
“At one point, McKinnon’s solicitors of Kaim Todner LLC said they feared their client might be sent to Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military prison and interrogation center at the Cuban naval base, if he was returned to the U.S.”
The case will be heard sometime after the first of the year, says the story.
‘Solo’ is, ” accused of cracking include networks owned by NASA (although these were not password protected), the US Army, US Navy, Department of Defense and the US Air Force. The US estimates claim the costs of tracking and correcting the problems he allegedly caused were around $700,000,” says the Wikiepedia, adding:
“McKinnon was originally tracked down and arrested under the Computer Misuse Act by the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) in 2002 who informed him that he would face community service. The Crown Prosecution Service refused to charge him. Later that year he was indicted by the United States government. McKinnon remained at liberty without restriction for three years until June 2005 (after the UK had implemented a new extradition treaty with the US [which the US congress has not ratified]) when he became subject to bail conditions including a requirement to sign in at his local police station every evening, and to remain at his home address at night.
“In addition he was banned from using a computer with access to the Internet. There have been no more developments in respect of the charges relating to United Kingdom legislation but in late 2005 the United States began extradition proceedings.”
Also See:
unwanted trip to the US – UFO hacker McKinnon loses appeal, April 3, 2007
Computerworld – Pentagon hacker’s U.K. appeal moves forward, October 22, 2007
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January 24th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
UFOs ! Gees everyone over here knows our G-men don’t know what UFOs are it’s only swamp gas that they chase around in those multi million dollar jets here and if some falls out of the sky it gives them the big head cause they all can’t seem to get theirs out of the ones in front a$$ ! I sure hope he wins his appeal he don’t want to get over here for them to just try to prove a point , make a statement out of him !! most Americans know their G-ment is taken advantage of them and lieing about this for a long while already , Even that it’s common knowledge NASA has been airbrushing pictures to , so we don’t really require proof of this it just requires faith esp when you’ve seen this so called swamp gas with your own eyes ! But man you gotta admit there’s a better way to go about it than this you gotta hope you can keep your behind over there and pay for your playing !
Gomer