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NASA Hacker Wins Right to Extradition Hearing
E5Rebel writes "Gary McKinnon, the UK-based ex-systems administrator accused of conducting the biggest military hack of all time, has won the right to have his case against extradition to the U.S. heard by the House of Lords."
Just because the technologies don't exist doesn't mean he didn't read about them. Perhaps NASA has some dummy files set up to occupy anyone that actually does it get in. It's happened before where a guy needed to slow down a hacker in order for a trace to be performed. The non-fiction story is written in the book The Cuckoo's Egg
You're asking for sources from someone who can't spell "indicted?" Don't hold your breath.
Its telling to note that those UK citizens arrested in Afghanistan (iirc) and shipped to Guantanamo were denied their rights in any country. Granted that they were not actually in the US at any point - but they were under US jurisdiction for the entire time and they were all declared not to be POWs. They (along with all the other 'detainees') were deliberately put in limbo where they had no rights, and subjected to what most reasonable people would agree is torture.
For what its worth I think it actually IS illegal, but any chance of actually prosecuting anyone involved is nil. Between firing prosecutors who aren't Bushies, hiding everything behind the impenetrable shroud of national security and the fact that Bush will ignore rulings, commute sentences or pardon anyone who still manages to get convicted makes it a pretty much moot point.
"National Security" is an area where the checks and balances just don't work; because it trumps everyone else and shuts down any line of inquiry. If an administration has the will (or the gall) to misuse that power there simply is no proper recourse.
(And although I think the Bush administration is awful, they aren't the first to abuse national security and they won't be the last; they are merely the most recent (and at least among the most blatant). At any rate its not a republican vs democrat issue. Give anyone that power and you'll see it abused.
Is that like being protected by the Geneva Convention?
I'm not trying to be a troll, but we did kinda agree to that back in the day and lately are trying to weasel out of it. The current administration seems to feel rights are great, unless yours (or mine) get in their way, then they are pesky things to be circumvented through new definitions (ala enemy combatant, etc).
This is just my experience. If you have mod points & disagree please tell me why & share your perspective rather than mod me into oblivion.
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." - Every fascist, ever