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VicarInaBooTu · 09/10/2009 22:31

ok so i may well be biased here having a young adult aspergers son, who is a whizz with computers to the point of obsessional, but that is a trait of having aspergers - so
why in gods name cant this poor bloke be tried here? he was looking for UFOs ffs!! why is he being hounded down in this way when there is an explanation for his crime? he didnt do anything, steal anything, all he did was highlight a bloody huge gap in the US defences! im getting more and more upset and annoyed with this this more i hear...

he could face 60 years in an american jail because he wanted proof that little green men existed and was clever enough to get through their defences. if he had been hacking for anything sinister then i could understand it - but this beggars belief.

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/09/gary-mckinnon-extradition-appeal

i have a son with this condition. id die rather than let my son go through this. how his poor mum is coping i have no idea. its so

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VicarInaBooTu · 09/10/2009 23:06

bump.

i put this in the news bit cos its been in the news today

might have been better in special needs?

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smoking2shoes · 09/10/2009 23:19

i have read about this
poor bloke needs to be shown compassion

blueshoes · 09/10/2009 23:22

vicar, it is a disgrace that this vulnerable man is being extradited to face trial away from his family under a one-sided extradition law which will never see US citizens summarily extradited to the UK in the way he is being forced to.

UK basically bent over to the US in enacting this act post-9/11. Even more reason to get rid of it now that the 'special relationship' seems to be over.

This does not need to be in special needs, IMO.

TigerBitesAgain · 09/10/2009 23:24

I haven't followed his story in a lot of detail but isn't this an example of the UK basically brownnosing the US to his detriment? It seems incredible that he is being allowed to be extradited in this way.

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VicarInaBooTu · 09/10/2009 23:32

i just keep thinking that someone somewhere will stop this, but so far they havnt! its getting me more and more

i think its incredible that this is starting to actually look as though they are going to push through with this.

they are going to have blood on their hands if they arent careful.

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blueshoes · 10/10/2009 16:47

Vicar, I believe Shami Chakrabati, Director of Liberty Human Rights has been quite outspoken against the extradition.

I did a quick google and you can follow the campaign on this blog: freegary.org.uk.

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smoking2shoes · 10/10/2009 21:35

i wish this would get more coverage.
I am worried that he will just be quietly sent over there,
where is the petition and big campaign

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smoking2shoes · 10/10/2009 22:27

it needs the coverage that woman got(the one who was acused of adultry)

LauraIngallsWilder · 10/10/2009 22:32

If he was an American accused of doing the same thing ie hacking into british computers - would the usa govt even consider extraditing him over here?
I think not!
I too am appalled by this story - he was interested in what he saw as a cover up about UFOs - pathetic that our govt are allowing him to be extradited over to the US

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VicarInaBooTu · 11/10/2009 12:20

there just doesnt seem to be much coverage - there was a petition doing the rounds but the campaigns to stop this stupidity seem a bit lacklustre!

i still cannot believe that its actually got this far without someone stopping it!
they should be thanking him for exposing the glaring holes in their security ffs!!

its getting me so
the pressure he and his mum must be under is awful.

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southeastastra · 11/10/2009 12:32

agree with vicar - they should be employing him! feel really sorry for him and his family

BobbingForPeachys · 11/10/2009 12:41

It is shameful

I hsve no unederstanding of appeals, but surely allowing admission of a disability diagnosed after arrest is a valid point of law for a hearing?

Hopefully EU will get the case taken to them and do something becuase it does make me very angry for Gary McKinnon,as well as scared for children like my ds1 who would easily fall into this trap.

There is /was a petition on the NAS website but that's niche isnt it? It needs to bew more visible

smoking2shoes · 11/10/2009 12:42

I wish people would use as much energy on this as they do complaining about a reality tv judge
is there an online petition any where?

BobbingForPeachys · 11/10/2009 12:44

here the NAS one was deliverd in July (tooe arl;y perhaps?...) but this is the gary McKinon campaign

BobbingForPeachys · 11/10/2009 12:44

here the NAS one was deliverd in July (tooe arl;y perhaps?...) but this is the gary McKinon campaign

BobbingForPeachys · 11/10/2009 12:45

Sorry about sp of name, toddler on rampage with PC mouse.....

nighbynight · 11/10/2009 13:34

I agree, this case is awful. Its been reported on The Register for ages now. Feel so sorry for his poor mother too.
He really should not be extradited.

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