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Gary McKinnon set to be sent to America

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6663920/Gary-McKinnon-set-to-be-sent-to-...

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Exclusive: Gary McKinnon is set to be sent to America to answer computer hacking charges after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, told his family that he could not block his extradition on medical grounds.

Mr McKinnon’s family were notified of the Home Secretary’s decision this afternoon. Janis Sharp, Mr McKinnon’s mother, was distraught, telling The Daily Telegraph: “I can’t believe it. It is a complete nonsense.”
Keith Vaz MP, the chairman of the home affairs select committee which has pressed Mr Johnson directly not to extradite Mr McKinnon, said: “I am very disappointed at this decision. This is the wrong decision for the wrong reasons."

Last month Mr Johnson threw a lifeline to Mr McKinnon, who suffers from a form of autism, with a promise to examine new medical evidence “very carefully” before deciding on his extradition last month.

However in an emailed letter to Mrs Sharp, Mr Johnson is understood to have said that a decision to block the extraditon of Mr McKinnon was not in his control.
During an earlier legal battle in the summer, judges warned Mr McKinnon, who is accused of hacking into networks at the Pentagon and Nasa from his flat in north London, might kill himself if he was extradited.

Mrs Sharp wept as she told how she broke the news to Mr McKinnon. She said: “He was very, very bad. He was very quiet - and I am more worried when he is quiet. I have got concerns for Gary. Alan Johnson has made the wrong decision. It is just awful.”

The legal process, which had been paused while Mr Johnson considered the medical evidence, will now start again, with legal sources suggesting Mr McKinnon could be extradited by Christmas.

One of his legal team said: “It is a miserable decision that we fundamentally disagree with - he could be gone by Christmas. We are considering all our legal avenues. What does it take for someone not to be extradited?”

Mr McKinnon’s lawyers can either seek a fresh emergency judicial review of Mr Johnson’s decision at the High Court within the next seven days or appeal to the European Court of Human Rights within the next 14 days.
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8 comments // Gary McKinnon set to be sent to America

  • Onyx_Honda
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    • I don't think we should spend the money bringing him here. What the Pentagon should be doing is finding out how he hacked into the security systems so that they can close up the openings an back doors.

      But of course we like to put on the big floor show of punishing others for our weak links, rather than fixing the actual problem. It's a wonder we get anything done.

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
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    • Okay, he has autism. He did not do anything to endanger the United States except point out that we should probably fire the people responsible for systems security at the Pentagon and NASA. The United Kingdom needs to stop bending over and letting the US have its way without lube.

      As far as the US is concerned, DON'T WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO?

    • 2 years ago
  • KSirys
  • JollyGoodFelon
  • KSirys
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    • JollyGoodFelon:

      Jolly, how about the fact that he wanted to prove that there are UFO's and because he found them on Nasa's hard drives, they are very unhappy and ready to arrest him.

      Why isn't anyone saying anything about that? or are UFO's a thing of the past and are fake.... even though Nasa goes the extra mile to hide them from us. What do you think?

    • 2 years ago
  • UWAZell
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  • KSirys
  • UWAZell
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    • UWAZell:

      So glad you think you know what you're talking about with that much convection. That said, current_ isn't the place to engage in ignorant banter and just because you're some bleeding hart p.... doesn't mean I, or anyone else, has to be. You're comment's simply pathetic but nice try.

    • 2 years ago
  • KSirys
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  • SleepDirt
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    • UWAZell:

      AWAzell-
      And you can make such a judgment absent a single shred of zero evidence?
      Welcome to Tehran. Authoritarian-submissives such as yourself who talk tough but quiver at the feet of the daddy-state pave the road to totalitarianism.

    • 2 years ago
  • Progresshiv
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    • How can we know if he hacked into the Pentagon's computers unless we bring him here and try him in open court? I know the Bush administration was insane, but do you think the Justice Department under Eric Holder is also corrupt?

    • 2 years ago
  • KSirys
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    • Progresshiv:

      Try him in Open court? Do you really believe his going to get a fair chance if he's brought here? There's a reason why there are numerous amounts of movies, books and magazines that talk about the corruption in our Judicial system and how our Government can corrupt it by just saying so.

      The best thing that can happen here would be to show the proof of what the US is claiming and send him to prison in his country. Why bring him here and send him here to jail when our jails are already overcrowded!!

    • 2 years ago
  • KSirys
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      KSirys  

    • This is so wrong in so many ways, but where does one start when the US can bring someone from another country and say the accused did something wrong without proof??

      Here's part of the article....

      "Mr McKinnon is being extradited under a treaty which has been criticised because, while British prosecutors must provide details of the evidence against an American citizen, US prosecutors need only explain the charges to take a Briton to America."

      I know he did something wrong and hey, arrest the guy in his country and punish him if you find him guilty. But because the US wants to hide the FACT that there are UFO's and doesn't want anyone else to know, should they be arresting people for it???

      What happen to the Government that is for the people??

      Hold up!

      how can I forget.... This is the same Government that can arrest a citizen, find him guilty of anything, because they say so, destroy his identity for the "good" of our government, send him to another country without question and throw his rights away! while torturing him/her until they get their questions answers first.

      Geez, I thought there for a second we were in a third world country or something...

    • 2 years ago
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