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____/ Phil Da Lick! on Saturday 01 August 2009 16:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Ramon F Herrera on Friday 31 July 2009 15:39 : \____
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>>> # Gary McKinnon admits intentionally gaining access to government
>>> systems
>>> # Briton accused of carrying out biggest ever U.S. military computer
>>> hacking
>>> # He says he was researching whether U.S. was covering up existence of
>>> UFOs
>>>
>>> "LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Briton accused of hacking into U.S.
>>> government computers on Friday lost his court appeal to have his case
>>> heard in Britain, his legal team said.
>>>
>>> " The decision means Gary McKinnon faces extradition to the United
>>> States, where he is wanted for allegedly hacking into computers at the
>>> Pentagon and NASA.
>>>
>>> His mother, Janis Sharp, promised to appeal.
>>>
>>> McKinnon, who has admitted breaking the law and intentionally gaining
>>> unauthorized access to computer systems, wanted to be tried in Britain
>>> rather than the United States."
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/31/british.hacker.mckinnon/
>>
>> This whole case has developed into a farce that only embarrasses the
>> American Secret Services.
>
>
> Well, he committed a crime and deserves to pay but painting him as some
> kind of terrorist anti christ who needs to spend the rest of his life in
> jail is excessive. IMO he should be tried in the UK. If every computer
> crime resulted in the perpetrators being extradited to the country the
> target system was in we'd have a meltdown of all the airports.
He only played, AFAIK. He didn't crack it for profit or for malicious reasons.
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