Hacker Gary McKinnon Interviewed

G0rAk writes "The BBC World Service has a half hour audio interview with British hacker Gary McKinnon. As recently reported on/. and BBC News, Gary was arrested and freed on bail pending extradition proceedings to the U.S. There, he faces charges of gaining unauthorised access and causing criminal damage to military computers in his search for evidence of UFO coverups and anti-gravity technology of extra-terrestrial origin. In a very candid interview, Gary re-affirms that he had no malicious intent, was amazed at the ease with which he penetrated the networks, explains in detail what evidence of UFO coverups he saw, describes a personal journey through hell as he became obsessed with the project and how very scared he is that he could be facing up to seventy years in a Virginian jail. A bit of a nut, perhaps. But a fascinating listen that helps a lot in making that judgment. The Interview can be listened to with RealPlayer from 11:32 GMT (06:32 EST) on Saturday until the same time next week."

Comments

Anti-Grav?

[yotto]

If he found the plans for anti-gravity, why doesn't he just make some boots or perhaps a belt and leap over the wall? That's what Lex Luthor would do.

Re:Not a fan of Real's chicanery

[Anonymous Coward]

UnReal.

Re:Thankful only trying to extradite him

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously, the British take their fashion very seriously

The crime: Wearing a Puffa jacket out of season

The punishment: Death penalty without trial

Re:70 years is too much but....

[The Ape With No Name]

Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

You have just disqualified yourself from any position in the current US Administration.

Re:Thank you Gary

[yotto]

Please don't take offense at me if I voice my inability to believe the word of someone who breaks into military computers to look for evidence of UFOs. "I see people breaking into these comptuers all the time." Was that before or after you were pulled into the mothership and shown the proof that we never landed on the moon?

Rich!

[PingXao]

From TFA:
"The Americans have a secret spaceship?" I ask.
"That's what this trickle of evidence has led me to believe."
"Some kind of other Mir that nobody knows about?"
"I guess so," says Gary.
"What were the ship names?"
"I can't remember," says Gary. "I was smoking a lot of dope at the time. Not good for the intellect."

This is too funny! They can make an example out of him in both the War on Terrah and the War on Drugs!

Re:Long sentence

[mattyrobinson69]

but he's much worse than a serial rapist/murderer, obviously.....

Re:Non-terrestrial Officers

[ettlz]

...McKinnon describes ... the "non-terrestrial officers" ... he found in US military documents. He seems to believe that a complete U.S. space army already exists, with those involved based in military orbiting stations.

And earlier today, General Richard Dean Anderson said that bastard cracker who stole the script for the next season of Stargate SG-1 would be tracked down and punished to the full extent of the law.

Re:I call B.S. on some of what he says

[techsoldaten]

Well, remember though, that 900,000 U.S. dollars is really only about 32 GBP.

M

Re:Thank you Gary

[twohorse]

Please don't take offense at me if I voice my inability to believe the word of someone who breaks into military computers to look for evidence of UFOs. "I see people breaking into these comptuers all the time." Was that before or after you were pulled into the mothership and shown the proof that we never landed on the moon?

Indeed. Next we'll be expected to believe that some hippie, pot-smoking crackpot can actually hack U.S. Military networks.

yeah, but

[Anonymous Coward]

does the UFO run linux?

Re:My Experience

[Dunkirk]

If Mr. McKinnon saw a memo referring to non-terrestrial officers, we can only guess at what that term may mean. My guess is that it refers to aerial or naval forces, but it really could be anything.

And you're just part of The Man's coverup!!!