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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.'"
Let's face it, he's a nerd / geek, so expendable as there are no votes in it for this government that likes to extradite TO the USA, but cannot get any wanted terrorist suspects extradited FROM the USA. That's the beauty of the extradition treaty THIS corrupt British government has, it's one way, they are a spineless government who rolls over for anyone these days, not giving a crap bout their own. The Americans never got the extradition treaty through their government machinery, they are laughing.
Take Nobody's Word For It.
I don't understand why everyone's mad at the US.
The US is doing what their law says to do. They have an extradition treaty with the UK. Therefore, they requested extradition.
REQUESTED extradition. They didn't "demand" it. They didn't "order" the UK to. They didn't send in CIA commandos to kidnap the 43 year old hacker and bring him back on a C130 in the dead of night.
They asked.
The UK's response was, "Why sure, here you go! We don't want to prosecute this case here."
I cannot contemplate why the people from the UK who are angry at the US are angry at the US. It's YOUR country that's selling out a citizen of your country. It's YOUR country that, instead of saying "No, US. We're going to follow our extradition treaty and elect to prosecute here" that handed this man over.
Your country has the ability to prosecute him in the UK. They can do it. They chose not to. Don't blame my country for requesting extradition of a criminal. If your countryman was really an innocent aspie, your country should stand up for him.
Jeeze. Grow a pair. Everyone bitches about the US , all the time, and sure, we have some problems here.. but instead of whining about OUR problems, perhaps you should ask your OWN GOVERNMENT why they're selling out their citizens.
Let us in the States try to make our country better. You work on your own damn country.. cause it's no land of plenty.
I assure you of this, though. If the situation was reversed.. THIS country, the US, wouldn't be so quick to sell out its citizens.