[pchelpers] Article:The cost of curiosity

Duncan Campbell 
  * guardian.co.uk, 
  * Thursday July 31 2008 
  * Gary McKinnon is no terrorist – he's a UFO nerd. And the US would be
    wise to give him a job

So Gary McKinnon, the hacker who cracked the computer systems of the
Pentagon and Nasa from his bedroom in north London more than seven years
ago, is to be extradited to stand trial in the US. That was the ruling
this week of the law lords as they departed on their summer holidays.

They brushed aside the arguments of McKinnon's distinguished legal team
that he could not be guaranteed a fair trial there. "The difference
between the American system and our own is not perhaps so stark as the
appellant's argument suggests," said Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood,
in his ruling. "It is difficult to think of anything other than the
threat of unlawful action which could fairly be said so to imperil the
integrity of the extradition process as to require the accused to be
discharged irrespective of the case against him."

More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/31/hacking.usa?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
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