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McKinnon extradition case to be examined by MPs - David Guyatt - 30-11-2010 I remain livid that the former Labour Grubbingment was so weak-kneed and compliant that it signed into law the completely imbalanced UK-USA Extradition Treaty where the US can demand UK citizens to be extradited to the US to stand trial, without presenting evidence in support of allegations - whereas there is no similar reciprocal arrangement --- the US will not allow US citizens to be extradited to the UK without evidence being presented and assessed. Whether or not the ConLib Grubbingment will change this madness remains to be seen - but one can hope. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11866575 Quote:30 November 2010 Last updated at 10:31 McKinnon extradition case to be examined by MPs - Ed Jewett - 22-02-2012 Hacking Star Fleet Command RecordsCatherine, News & Commentary on February 20, 2012 at 12:02 pmFrom Wikipedia Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottishsystems administrator and hacker who has been accused of what one U.S. prosecutor claims is the "biggest military computer hack of all time," although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public. After a series of legal proceedings in England, McKinnon is currently fighting extradition to the United States . Continue reading the article . . . Related reading: Hacker Feels US Navy Has Spaceships, Crews In Space rense.com (15 July 05) UFO Pentagon Hacker Tells What He Found rense.com (22 June 06) Poems for Gary McKinnon Handed in to No. 10 Downing Street Free Gary McKinnon (8 Feb 12) McKinnon extradition case to be examined by MPs - Magda Hassan - 16-10-2012 Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa MayContinue reading the main story British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs, has been fighting extradition since 2002. The home secretary told MPs there was no doubt Mr McKinnon was "seriously ill" and the extradition warrant against him should be withdrawn. Mrs May said the sole issue she had to consider was his human rights. She said it was now for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, to decide whether he should face trial in the UK. Mrs May said: "After careful consideration of all of the relevant material I have concluded that Mr McKinnon's extradition would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life that a decision to extradite would be incompatible with Mr McKinnon's human rights. I have therefore withdrawn the extradition order against Mr McKinnon." Mrs May also said measures would be taken to enable a UK court to decide whether a person should stand trial in the UK or abroad - a so-called forum bar. It would be designed to ensure extradition cases did not fall foul of "delays and satellite litigation", she said. Continue reading the main stor Mr McKinnon, from Wood Green, north London,who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, faced 60 years in jail if convicted in the US. Mr McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp was delighted with the decision, saying: "Thank you Theresa May from the bottom of my heart - I always knew you had the strength and courage to do the right thing." His MP, David Burrowes, who had threatened to resign as a parliamentary aide if Mr McKinnon was extradited, welcomed the decision. Mr Burrowes tweeted: "Compassion and pre-election promises delivered today." BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said it was a dramatic decision - the first time a home secretary had stepped in to block an extradition under the current treaty with the US. Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights group Liberty, said: "This is a great day for rights, freedoms and justice in the United Kingdom. "The home secretary has spared this vulnerable man the cruelty of being sent to the US and accepted Liberty's long-standing argument for change to our rotten extradition laws." Mark Lever, chief executive of the National Autistic Society, said he was "delighted that the years of waiting are finally over for Gary and his family". Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "At last justice and the well-being of Mr McKinnon have prevailed. I have long supported Gary's right to be tried here in the UK. They insisted his hacking was "intentional and calculated to influence and affect the US government by intimidation and coercion".US authorities have described the Glasgow-born hacker's actions as the "biggest military computer hack of all time" and have demanded he face justice in America. The Americans said his actions caused $800,000 (£487,000) worth of damage to military computer systems. Mr McKinnon has previously lost appeals in the High Court and the House of Lords against his extradition, but two years ago a High Court judge ruled Mr McKinnon would be at risk of suicide if sent away. Earlier this year Mrs May put the decision on hold to allow Home Office appointed psychiatrists to conduct an assessment. They also concluded that Mr McKinnon would be likely to take his own life if he was sent to face trial in the US. Mr McKinnon was arrested in 2002 and again in 2005 before an order for his extradition was made in July 2006 under the 2003 Extradition Act. Before Mrs May's announcement, Ms Sharp said her son had lived a "zombified life" for the past decade, which had "destroyed him". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19957138 McKinnon extradition case to be examined by MPs - Peter Lemkin - 16-10-2012 A victory! America will be furious and will take revenge....don't expect him to live long in the UK [for example]. I only hope this starts a precedent. Why, then was Assange so badly treated?! [though, granted, he wasn't British]. |