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Free Gary McKinnon (or try him in the UK)

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By clemmati (Contact - View My Woyano)
Published Sat 06 Sep 2008, 181 Views, 4 Comments

Gary McKinnon is a British hacker to be extradited to the US, where he faces up to 70 years in gaol, rather than being tried here, where the penalty for his offence would be at most 7 years (I believe). If you're on Facebook, please consider joining Free Gary McKinnon there.















BBC profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4715612.stm

Wikipedia profile:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon

'Free Gary or try him in the UK' blog:

http://freegary.org.uk/

Interviews with Gary McKinnon:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/jul/09/weekend7.weekend2

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2007/apr/22/features.magazine7

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gary-mckinnon-if-i-have-to-spend-some-time-in-an-american--jail-i-will-survive-but-it-will-be-tough-i-cant-imagine-that-ill-be-too-welcome-883252.html




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    Loves Bloc Party ~ 3 months ago
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    this was a guy looking for information on UFO's and my government wants to send him to life in jail while we constantly let dangerous murderous types here out early for good behavior?


    like i said, its ass fucking backwards.


    let this man serve his time in the uk for hacking into systems to find out info about ufos.


    my god, put the money that they want to spend on his life long jail sentence into securing the systems.



    fucking idiots.
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      clemmati ~ 3 months ago
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      Yes, LBP. This is a terrible business. And yes the money the US govt will spend on him could be put to better use!

      (And yes, he is no danger to anybody.)
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      cdin ~ 3 months ago
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      It seems the US is trying to make him a poster child.

      Break into our computers, and you are toast.

      Knock down our towers, and not only will we blast
      you to kingdom come, but also your neighbors, too.

      Times are becoming increasingly dangerous, and
      the powers-that-be operate very much from a place
      of fear, dread, need to control, dominate, prevent.

      It comes with being in a power position.

      It also shows the delicate precarious of power
      positions. They understand their own vulnerabilities.

      Yes, they want to make a huge example of this fellow.

      So sad for him. He doesn't even deserve it! Heartbreaking.
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        clemmati ~ 3 months ago
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        Break into our computers, and you are toast.

        I suppose that is right. Our government has made it worse by agreeing the extradition treaty that means the US doesn't even have to try to prove its case (the hacking is agreed but the amount of damage is, to put it mildly, in dispute).
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        AdGuy
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        This is my two cents...

           
        Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

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