Gary Mckinnon will NOT be extradited

[doomage]

Interesting article here on it: Why did it take ten years to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon?

tl;dr; - he's not quite the innocent victim as portrayed in the mainstream media.

[BrilloPad]

Its going to be harder to get rid of my sons now by getting them extradited overseas - bah humbug.

[NotAllThere]

Talking should not be a crime.

Depends what you're talking about.

[Old Hack]

Depends what you're talking about.

...and to who....

[BA to the Stars]

The septics probably had a job lined up for him checking their IT security - who better than the man who knows how to break in

[Old Hack]

Interesting article here on it: Why did it take ten years to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon?

tl;dr; - he's not quite the innocent victim as portrayed in the mainstream media.

I agree completely. OK, the crime wasn't major, but it was a crime. He did do damage to the systems, and as the damage was only committed in the states, of course the extradition was entirely legal and sound.

Personally, he's actually worse than a couple of the ones who've actually been extradited.

Lucky boy if you ask me.

[Old Hack]

I could see that coming when first thing this morning they announced there would be announcement later today. If he was being stitched up by the one-sided extradition treaty that exists between the UK and the US in the same way as Christopher Tappin and Babar Ahmad before him, the announcement would instead have been buried during some busier news day or made on a Sunday morning. It's quite something to see when criminal justice becomes a mere political issue. Expect to see more of the same farcical opportunism once elected Police Commissioners that are more interested in getting re-elected than in justice come along.

He committed his crimes only in the states; he's admitted the damage, and admitted sustained attacks on foreign computers. I don't see how this is something to do with the one sided extradition treaty; he's completely guilty of what he's been accused of. More so, than Babar Ahmad.

Not too sure you have read much past his good pr team

[vetran]

oh that is a slightly different view. why wasn't that put forward?

[doomage]

oh that is a slightly different view. why wasn't that put forward?

It might be cynical to suggest this, but the alternative view (that he was guilty as charged) would have sold less newspapers.

[BrilloPad]

He committed his crimes only in the states; he's admitted the damage, and admitted sustained attacks on foreign computers. I don't see how this is something to do with the one sided extradition treaty; he's completely guilty of what he's been accused of. More so, than Babar Ahmad.

Not too sure you have read much past his good pr team

But its only the Americans who treat us like dirt - so fook em.

Though it would have been better if he had picked on the French.