The hacker Gary McKinnon is getting closer to extradition after losing his appeal.
Since then 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.
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February 26, 2009 at 1:31 pm
[…] Hacked Fails To Block Extradition Posted on February 26, 2009 by Rob British Hacker, Gary McKinnon, has, once again, failed to prevent his extradition from the UK. This time he has failed at the House […]
February 26, 2009 at 1:34 pm
[…] Hacker Fails To Block Extradition Posted on February 26, 2009 by Rob British Hacker, Gary McKinnon, has, once again, failed to prevent his extradition from the UK. This time he has failed at the House […]