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Gary McKinnon looks closer to extradition after a Commons debate failed to secure government backing for the hacker. We asked what you think about the case.

By Nicole Kobie, 17 Jul 2009 at 15:13

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But why let him go to the US? “We lose talented people from this country wholesale to the US and we really don't want to lose them to a US prison, do we?” Mike asked.

Martin thinks the Pentagon should have kept quiet, fixed their systems, and then asked McKinnon to have another go. He said: “After all they are, in effect, getting a free test of their security systems, which appear to have failed.”

We'll let the final word go to Michael, who has actually met McKinnon: “I feel he is most probably being made an example of for ulterior motives... He seems to have very little deep expertise, but was an opportunist who found some glaring insecurities in US government systems by pure chance,” he said.

“To cover up these embarrassing deficiencies, McKinnon has been hyped as a dangerous criminal and technical expert, and is essentially being railroaded. I do not condone what he did, but it has been blown out of all proportion for political reasons.”

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This isn't about hacking

The issue here is that the US can extradite anyone they please from the UK with pretty much no justification required. Whereas the UK can't even get known terrorists extradited from the US.

The treaty is wrong on so many levels it needs to be scraped.

By slink on Saturday Jul 18

World police

For how long we will have the USA dictate us policies of how to do and how not to do, wile they do the same and no one can say nothing about it...??? How many US hackers (including the US government) are accessing to our systems and they go unpunished or just the issue is going unreported on a base of national security (whose security they or ours)??? Stop the charade and get serious... level with all the rest of the world and stop dictating what you (USA) don't practice... Learn to be honest with your selfs and the rest of us and start assuming responsibilities for your mistakes...

By gilad on Saturday Jul 18

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