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Posted on 07/30/2008 9:54:25 AM PDT by james500
A London man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial.
Gary McKinnon, 42, tried to prevent his transfer to the United States to be tried over what has been described as the "biggest military hack of all time" by taking his case to Britain's highest court, the House of Lords.
But five judges unanimously rejected the appeal, paving the way for the unemployed UFO enthusiast to be extradited to the US, where he could be jailed for up to 70 years if convicted of sabotaging vital US defence systems.
McKinnon, from Enfield in north London, was not in court to hear the ruling, but a statement read by his lawyers afterwards denied that he was either "a terrorist (or) a terrorist sympathiser".
"His case could have been properly dealt with by our own prosecuting authorities," they said.
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His supporters maintain that he is being made a "scapegoat" for shortcomings in security on US military networks and have mounted an Internet campaign for him to be freed, or at least tried in Britain.
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The deletion led to the US Army's Military District of Washington network of more than 2,000 computers being shut down for 24 hours, with repairs said to have cost some 450,000 pounds.
McKinnon admitted leaving a message on a US Army computer system, reading: "US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days...
"It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year... I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels."
But he denied US charges that he acted intentionally to disrupt security and influence Washington "by intimidation and coercion".
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Poor little lefty got caught and now is crying because he is to be punished for breaking laws he knew damn well he was breaking. “Oh, I was just kidding, I am not a terrorists!”. Toughs****, you screwed with the bull and got the horns.
Why is he a lefty? He’s just a hacker. Big deal. Not everything is political.
Wonder if that was “Jools”?
hehehehehe (Very vague Anomalies Reference that SOME people will understand.)
“Why is he a lefty? He’s just a hacker. Big deal. Not everything is political.”
Just a hacker? Yeah right.
Hacking into American military systems is pretty left wing I’d say.
“Why is he a lefty? He’s just a hacker. Big deal. Not everything is political.”
Just a hacker? Yeah right.
Hacking into American military systems is pretty left wing I’d say.
"McKinnon admitted leaving a message on a US Army computer system, reading: 'US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days...'"
I can't discern anything political in his work, that's for sure.
That’s right, and as a ‘hacker’ I consider him one of the lowest forms of life and would hope he gets the death penalty.
"McKinnon admitted leaving a message on a US Army computer system, reading: 'US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days' "
You're right. That couldn't be considered a political statement at all.
Good.
Hee, hee.
“Why is he a lefty? He’s just a hacker. Big deal. Not everything is political.”
From the article: “McKinnon admitted leaving a message on a US Army computer system, reading: ‘US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days...’”
Yup, a lefty libscum. No doubt, not even a little.
*snicker*
Seems like a reasonable conclusion considering the last few sentences of the article: McKinnon admitted leaving a message on a US Army computer system, reading: "US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days...
"It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year... I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels."
But he denied US charges that he acted intentionally to disrupt security and influence Washington "by intimidation and coercion".
I hope we take him to Area 51 and turn him over to the aliens for experimentation.
I hear they have a new rectal examination machine.
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Not a lefty? Given the last three paragraphs, he certainly is a troother. And those are not “righties” or “indies.”
I seriously think you forgot some sort of sarcasm tag.
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