'Hacker' extradition case reopens

[Jared Moya]

The extradition hearing of a British man accused of hacking into the US military computer system has resumed.

Gary McKinnon, 40, is accused of causing damage to 97 US government computers estimated at £370,000.

His lawyers want US authorities to give reassurances he will not get a military order and face being sent to Guantanamo Bay with no prospect of parole.

Mr McKinnon, of Wood Green, north London, is contesting extradition at Bow Street Magistrates' Court.


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[Krell]

Hacking is an international crime which will put you on INTERPOL's list of most wanted.

When you are considered a cyber threat to a neighboring governments military you don't have much to bargain with, esp when the two countries are sovereign friends.


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[MorphineInduced]

ya once you go to federal you seem to disappear ..... im sure he will get to spend some quality time doing a naked piramid like the rest of the people in there get to spend there time doing......

[mountain_rage]

Still it seems that government computers, especially military ones should have better security no prevent someone from hacking them. Quite frankly military computers should use their own internet that is seperated from the existing infastructure.

[nukehella]

If he really hacked into our military computers he deserves whatever he gets.This sounds like it's a little more serious than sharing movies.No excuses on this one.

[shawners]

Why not employ him and his services. Or give him a teaching class.. He appears 4-5 times a week and teach others computers. Seems fair. Its not like he launched one of our nuclear missles at russia.

[Krell]

Why not employ him and his services. Or give him a teaching class.. He appears 4-5 times a week and teach others computers. Seems fair. Its not like he launched one of our nuclear missles at russia.

What kinda fucked up sense of justive have you developed? You think this is a casual white collar crime?


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[The Hunter]

The point is he made a major security breach, and needs to be punished.

[black_magiic]

<terrytatevoice>Don't do the crime if you can't to the time baby.</terrytatevoice>

[CRLocky]

Why not employ him and his services. Or give him a teaching class.. He appears 4-5 times a week and teach others computers. Seems fair. Its not like he launched one of our nuclear missles at russia.

Make him a modern day Frank Abagnale. Look what he's become:

http://www.abagnale.com/aboutfrank.htm
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/scams/frank_abagnale/index.html

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ --- cool site

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/20030124b.asp --this could have helped the a few million people last year

small world: I've heard he has a place on lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. A few miles from me.

[shawners]

Our church has missionaries who are over seas in RUSSIA that are teaching kids computer skills.. They could use his talents over there.

[Krell]

So instead of him having the punishment that is meant to deter this sort of crime, we cannonize him and turn him in to some fucking computing characture of Robin Hood?

Beat the shit out of him, make him pay reparations, give him jail time, and while in prison, he can write a non hacking tutorial for non profit.


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[Lehk]

the guy is a criminal. it's not like wandered in to an unlocked gust account or open share. he hacked military computers and wasn't even smart enough to mask his location (connect via wireless, then take control of a low-value low security target like a home PC and work from there)

was probably a script kiddie who wanted to test out his new toys.

[VAMPYRE BLADE]

I agree he needs to be punished, but i am sure they could use his knowledge and they could make him work in a military prison, he doesnt have to be free, he can serve his time and do work for us.

[shawners]

The people who designed the computer system or network of defense should be punished since they didnt install every security and allowed someone to gain access. Locking a person away for busting into system defense is a waste of money and time, and we will have to pay for it. Every meal and shit. This way, he can help people and make a honest living helping others. He could be under house arrest, and just go back and forth to work, and wear a collar on his ankle. Even rapist dont get life in prison, what kinda fucked up thing is that.

You got to look at it like this guy is a mirror image of yourself. It's no fun to work or help noobs. Even though it seems like punishment enough that people ask the simplest questions without looking on the net through search engines for the answers. Shoot, we can let him walk the designers through on how he broke in to secure the system of defense. I dont think anyone here gets as mad as the people who spread virus or worms around the net.
Breaking the copy protection on DVD's is a felony, a federal crime to make copies.

[Govern_cannonball]

McKinnon is an example of the hazards of taking mind altering drugs.

[Jared Moya]

Ultimately you need a deterrent to prevent the crime in the future, and so if you always relent and just give them a job wheres the deterrent? Lock him up and throw away the key, maybe that will prevent other jackasses with nothing else better to do.