Gary McKinnon (Aspergers) not going to be extradited

[bialystockandbloom]

For anyone interested in this story, it's just been announced he won't be extradited to the US for hacking BBC story here.

Would it be possible to copy it without moving it? I don't have In The News enabled because its depressing and I have enough on my plate, and other sn parents may feel the same

I am so, so pleased to hear this.

Its not about letting someone get away with it, its about making sure that people are treated fairly and his AS is pertinent to the whole case.

As the mother of a DS with AS, I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief that justice has fallen on the right side this time.

You have one very smart boy there AE

His mum has been awesome drives it home a bit though that most likely the battles never end they just get different......sobering thought.

ie you have trained him well!

I try...!

insanity - you are right. The future can be so worrying not least because those with AS look 'so normal' to everyone else.

If schools can't understand, what chance has the rest of society got. That's why we have to empower them to speak up for themselves as much as we possibly can.

@colditz

Would it be possible to copy it without moving it? I don't have In The News enabled because its depressing and I have enough on my plate, and other sn parents may feel the same

S'alright, colditz. There is another thread in In the News (see earlier posts), so we're leaving this one be.

Well done Mrs May.

I think the Americans should thank Gary for pointing out to them exactly how poor their security systems were at the time. He is also not the only person to have hacked into such systems either, there have been thousands of such hacks over the years. This man I feel was used as a scapegoat and hung out to dry.

When I also read that in an unrelated incident, top secret computer files were smuggled out on a Lady Gaga CD, it does make me think about the actual caliber of the people who are being employed in these government buildings.

AS is delibitating end of.

(As an aside I am also tired of ill-informed people using AS as a possible reason as to why their man is emotionally abusive. This sometimes crops up on threads in relationships)

He has admitted wrong doing and if a trial is to take place it should be in this country. He needs to have a fair trial and his AS is pertinent to the whole case.