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Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US
Vainglorious Coward writes "When UK hacker and Asperger's sufferer Gray McKinnon lost the judicial review of his case it seemed likely that he would be extradited to the US to face charges of hacking almost a hundred systems causing $700,000 worth of damage. Today the UK home secretary rejected his last-ditch attempt to avoid extradition adding that 'his extradition to the United States must proceed forthwith.' McKinnon's relatives are expressing concerns for his health, with his lawyer going so far as to claim that extradition would make the 43-year-old's death 'virtually certain.'"
Because unfortunately our government overlords are attached to the rear of your government overlords.
Isn't his death already virtually certain?
His name is Gary, not Gray. Stellar editing as always, slashdot staff.
If it helps, I think that for most, proper editing on Slashdot may be a gray area, while for others it's certainly grey. I don't know who Stellar is.
Dude, where do you think you are?
Look to your left. Look to your right.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
Prisoner are not in prison to punish them, they are in there to keep other people safe from the prisoners. He can't be rehabilitated. His attorney is ruffly saying that because he has aspergers, he has no able to stop himself. He can not or will not stop doing things like this. Next time it may cost lives, maybe someone from the UK. If the UK is unable to protect its' people then the US should have the right to protect US people.
Now if his attorney is lied (doesn't the UK have laws that punish bending of the truth by attorneys) and the guy CAN stop himself, then the UK should have done something. But like someone above said, the UK would likely not give real prison time, just probation if that. In the UK it is not that big of a crime if no one got hurt.
I am not saying he needs life in prison, but he needs real help, and oddly he is not getting it in the UK. I know that many of the prison in the US have got some vary good real mental health systems in the last 10-20 years( a lot better then it use to be). I hope that they can help him learn stop himself.
700k of damages would be 700,000 dollars worth of meetings, reviews, reports and studies about what happened, why it happened and how to keep it from happening again. Plus the time of the investigation.
I'm sorry, did you just compare a "secure" military network controlled by the most powerful nation in the world to a defenseless little old lady?
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