Friday, July 07, 2006

UK: McKinnon's Extradition Condemned

Via The BBC.

Supporters of Gary McKinnon have condemned the decision to let the former hacker be extradited to the US.

On 4 July Home Secretary John Reid granted the US request to extradite Mr McKinnon for trial.

One friend of the hacker said he was being made a "scapegoat" for the shortcomings of security policies on US military networks.

Others said the potential sentence he could serve if found guilty was out of proportion to the crimes he committed.

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