Re: UK Pentagon hacker loses appeal, will be sent to U.S.

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> > > ____/ Andrew Halliwell on Saturday 01 August 2009 20:59 : \____
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> > > > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > ____/ Phil Da Lick! on Saturday 01 August 2009 16:34 : \____
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> > > > > > 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.
> > > > Didn't he also INFORM them of the security holes?
> > > > or was that someone else?
> > > I think not. I never heard of such a thing.
> > >
> > > Maybe they noticed him when he shuffled and played with the wallpapers. 
> > > Perhaps
> > > he /wanted/ to be noticed and for the infiltration to come to their 
> > > awareness.
> > Still a crime Roy. However he's certainly not a terrorist that deserves to 
> > spend 70+ years in jail, which is what he'll get if he goes stateside. 
> > He's already admitted guilt but they want to charge him with totally 
> > disproportionate charges.
> > As far as informing them of the holes I heard something like that as well. 
> > I read somewhere once that he offered to help them shore up the holes on 
> > their systems. Can't remember where, sorry.
> Now he's going to Gitmo to get waterboarded for 70 years 
The strange thing about it is the UK government has spent the last 
twelve years exercising the "human rights" of prisoners in terms of 
lenient sentences. Howcome they're not interested in the human rights of 
this guy who's looking at a totally unjustified and disproportionate 
sentence?