[pchelpers] News:NASA hacker faces extradition within three weeks, says lawyer

NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to the European Court of
Human Rights and faces extradition to face trial in the US.

McKinnon's lawyer, Karen Todner, has told the BBC that she will ask the
Home Secretary to intervene in the case. The Home Office has previously
approved his extradition and has today said that it has no further
statutory role in the case.

McKinnon has admitted hacking into computers belonging to NASA and the
US military in 2001 and 2002 though he has disputed US prosecutors'
claims that he caused $700,000-worth of damage.

He has fought a long legal battle to face trial in the UK because that
is where he was when the alleged crimes were committed and not in the
US. US prosecutors previously threatened Mckinnon with up to 70 years in
jail and said he could be tried under anti-terrorism laws.

More here:
http://security.itproportal.com/articles/2008/08/27/nasa-hacker-faces-extradition-within-three-weeks-says-lawyer/
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