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Title: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: CharleyO on April 04, 2007, 06:23:04 AM: ***

A British computer hacker accused of committing one of the largest ever cyber-attacks on the US government lost a challenge Tuesday to avoid extradition to the United States.

Read about it here ...

http://my.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20070403/4611d140_3ca6_1552620070403722193228

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Title: Re: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: FreewheelinFrank on April 04, 2007, 09:26:21 AM: The punishment being talked about doesn't fit the crime if you ask me, and McKinnon should not be deported.

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He would also face a long prison sentence - "in the region of 45 years" - and may not be allowed to serve part of the sentence at home in the UK, his lawyers had said.

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Speaking later, solicitor Jeffrey Anderson said alleged threats by US authorities, including one from New Jersey prosecutors that Mr McKinnon "would fry", would be among issues raised.

That had been a "chilling and intimidating" reference to capital punishment by the electric chair, he added.

It now looked as though the US would try to prosecute Mr McKinnon as a cyber-terrorist, Mr Anderson said.

"This could lead to him spending the rest of his life in prison in the US, with repatriation to serve his sentence in his home country denied as punishment for contesting his extradition."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6521255.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6521255.stm)

If the US can label him a "terrorist", it'll be life in Guantanamo Bay, and all for embarrassing the US defense department by showing up their lax security while looking for evidence of UFO's. Fortunately the House of Lords has a history of standing up for human rights and giving Blair's poodle government the finger, so hopefully they'll stamp on the decision.
Title: Re: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: polonus on April 04, 2007, 09:53:42 AM: Hi FwF,

If he stumbled onto something really, we'd never hear about the poor bloke again. Rather sad really. Some say that Satan was an alien.

polonus
Title: Re: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: FreewheelinFrank on April 04, 2007, 10:00:43 AM: More here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4715612.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4715612.stm)
Title: Re: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: bob3160 on April 06, 2007, 06:50:53 PM: Quote
If the US can label him a "terrorist", it'll be life in Guantanamo Bay, and all for embarrassing the US defense department by showing up their lax security while looking for evidence of UFO's. Fortunately the House of Lords has a history of standing up for human rights and giving Blair's poodle government the finger, so hopefully they'll stamp on the decision.
I guess then we'll have another miscarriage of justice cause... ;D
Title: Re: Accused Brit Hacker Faces Extradition
Post by: DavidR on April 06, 2007, 07:06:01 PM: If they use the same computer experts used for the Amelia prosecution and a lame defence no doubt about it.