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03/04/2007
British hacker loses extradition battle
A British man accused of carrying out "the biggest military computer hack of all time" has lost his High Court fight to avoid extradition to the US.
Gary McKinnon, from Wood Green, north London, is accused of accessing 97 computers, used by the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defence and NASA, causing around £370,000 worth of damage.
Mr McKinnon has never denied accessing the computer networks between February 2001 and March 2002, but claimed that he only did so out of curiosity, telling an earlier hearing that he had been searching for evidence of UFOs.
He also claimed that he was only able to access the networks due to lax security.
Home Secretary John Reid had granted the US request to extradite Mr McKinnon to stand trial in the US.
However, his lawyers had argued that he had been subjected to "improper threats" and that the move would breach his human rights.
However, the appeal was dismissed by Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Goldring at the High Court, who said that they could find no grounds of appeal.
Mr McKinnon is now expected to seek to make an appeal against his extradition at the House of Lords.
He had previously expressed fears that he would be detained in Guantanamo Bay if he was extradited to the US and argued that he should face trial in the UK.
The US government said that it had assured the British government that Mr McKinnon would not be subjected to 'Military Order Number One', which allows the US President to detain suspects indefinitely.
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Gary McKinnon, from Wood Green, north London, is accused of accessing 97 computers, used by the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Defence and NASA, causing around £370,000 worth of damage.
Mr McKinnon has never denied accessing the computer networks between February 2001 and March 2002, but claimed that he only did so out of curiosity, telling an earlier hearing that he had been searching for evidence of UFOs.
He also claimed that he was only able to access the networks due to lax security.
Home Secretary John Reid had granted the US request to extradite Mr McKinnon to stand trial in the US.
However, his lawyers had argued that he had been subjected to "improper threats" and that the move would breach his human rights.
However, the appeal was dismissed by Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Goldring at the High Court, who said that they could find no grounds of appeal.
Mr McKinnon is now expected to seek to make an appeal against his extradition at the House of Lords.
He had previously expressed fears that he would be detained in Guantanamo Bay if he was extradited to the US and argued that he should face trial in the UK.
The US government said that it had assured the British government that Mr McKinnon would not be subjected to 'Military Order Number One', which allows the US President to detain suspects indefinitely.
(KMcA/SP)
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