Xinomorph

It has been announced that British "hacker", Gary McKinnon, will be extradited to the United States to face trial over damage which he supposedly caused whilst "exploring" US computer systems.

 

Mr. McKinnon is supposed to have spent almost 2 years gaining unauthorised entry into computer systems in the US, particularly those owned by the US military, in what he calls a search for "suppressed technology". (Alien gadgets, to you and me.)

 

Now, I'm not going to pretend that I condone the actions of Mr McKinnon - however much I may be interested in what they could have potentially unearthed - but he has been totally sold out by our Government. There is no reason at all why his trial could not take place in the UK, and even less reason why it should take place in the US! He's a British man having committed a crime from British soil. It's ridiculous.

 

He probably will end up accused of terrorism and plotting bombings and other such crap and locked up by the US, who are complete idiots, frankly.

 

I despair, I really do.