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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. Re:At least he gets a trial... by Frank+T.+Lofaro+Jr. · · Score: 1, Troll

    Rules protecting POWs don't protect illegal combatants. This is a fact, regardless of how many faults Bush may have.

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