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Hacker's Extradition Moves Forward
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2006-07-07
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Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who was charged with breaking into a number of U.S. military systems, is one step closer to being extradited to the U.S. Britain's Interior Minister John Reid approved the transfer, although McKinnon has said he will challenge the decision.
If you haven't heard, McKinnon is the fellow who claimed he committed his crimes only to research various (supposed) government cover-ups. "I knew that governments suppressed antigravity, UFO-related technologies, free energy or what they call zero-point energy. This should not be kept hidden from the public when pensioners can't pay their fuel bills," the hacker said in an interview with Wired News.
McKinnon is concerned that he might be tried under some of America's newer, sterner national security laws. "I am very worried and feeling very let down by my own government," he said to the BBC 24, according to Reuters, after the announcement of John Reid's decision.
In the Wired News article, McKinnon pointed out that he "was looking before and after 9/11. If I had wanted to distract anyone, I would not have chosen ufology, as this opens me up to ridicule," McKinnon said in the interview.
The hacker's actions resulted in about $700,000 in damage. He has fourteen days to appeal the extradition order. If McKinnon is convicted in the U.S., he faces a maximum penalty of a $1.75 million fine and 70 years in prison. But at least he got out word about the alien spacecraft sitting outside the Johnson Space Center.
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Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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