In his weekly column for the Daily Telegraph today, Boris Johnson, the London mayor, called McKinnon a "classic British nutjob" who should be protected by the government.
In refusing to intervene, the government was committing "one of the most protoplasmic acts of self-abasement since Suez", he wrote.
As ever - an interesting point of view from Boris.
But he is correct - we need a tough Harold Wilson type politician who will say to the US ' Hands off our Citizen Uncle Sam - we will deal with him.'
* For those who dont know - Harold Wilson bravely defied the US by refusing to commit Britain's Milltary to the bloodbath of Vietnam
From the judicial perspective - the 'unauthorised access of a poorly secured IT system' was performed from Garys home in the UK - this means surely that a UK Jury should sentence him - otherwise it infers that if you hack a country who does not happen to have an Extradition treary with the UK - then you can hack these systems from the UK and would be immune from any penalties.
In refusing to intervene, the government was committing "one of the most protoplasmic acts of self-abasement since Suez", he wrote.
As ever - an interesting point of view from Boris.
But he is correct - we need a tough Harold Wilson type politician who will say to the US ' Hands off our Citizen Uncle Sam - we will deal with him.'
* For those who dont know - Harold Wilson bravely defied the US by refusing to commit Britain's Milltary to the bloodbath of Vietnam
From the judicial perspective - the 'unauthorised access of a poorly secured IT system' was performed from Garys home in the UK - this means surely that a UK Jury should sentence him - otherwise it infers that if you hack a country who does not happen to have an Extradition treary with the UK - then you can hack these systems from the UK and would be immune from any penalties.
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