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Alleged British Hacker Fears Guantanamo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rational-response dept.

Magnifico writes "The BBC is reporting that Gary McKinnon, a British man accused of breaking into the U.S. government computer networks, could end up at Guantanamo Bay. His lawyer is fighting his extradition to the United States arguing, 'The US Government wants to extract some kind of species of administrative revenge because he exposed their security systems as weak and helpless as they were.'"

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  1. Amnesty International by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry, I have to call bullshit on that one.
    Unless you call three squares a day and 5 prayer breaks torture.

    Sorry, but Amnesty International disagrees with you. OK, maybe I exaggerated, Guantanamo isn't one of the worst prisons in the world. It's one of the worst AMERICAN prisons in the world. According to Amnesty Intl, "Guantánamo Bay has become a symbol of injustice and abuse in the US administration's 'war on terror'. It must be closed down".

    There, happy now?

  2. Re:How would he like it.... by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Informative
    The problem is that the U.S. hasn't issued any such guarantee.

    The fact that the U.S. of A. even has to make such a promise, puts them out of step with regards to the human rights most other 1st world countries take for granted. I'm not saying that people don't get dissappeared in other countries, just that the option isn't official public policy.

    I read another article about the guy off that site, and found this bit of information very interesting:
    "The British public need to ask themselves why British citizens are being extradited to the USA when the US government has not signed the extradition treaty between the two countries."
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4721183.stm
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