Realstreet (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The normally slippery character that is Keith Vaz has suggested that Gary McKinnon, who hacked into US Defense websites, should be given a job by the Government rather than be extradited. The intelligence that enabled the Asperger’s sufferer to hack into American military computers could be put to good use, according to Keith Vaz. Quite. Mr Vaz, who [...]
Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
COMPUTER hacker Gary McKinnon should be given a job rather than extradited to the United States, as his skills could be "put to good use". That was the view of MP Keith Vaz, who heads the home affairs select committee. He said McKinnon showed intelligence "far beyond what anyone could imagine" when he hacked into US military networks. Mr Vaz again urged Home Secretary Alan Johnson...
Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A POWERFUL committee of MPs has told the Home Secretary that he CAN block the extradition of an autistic man who is wanted in the US on computer hacking charges. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the influential Home Affairs Select Committee, has written to Alan Johnson to advise him that he has the power to refuse requests to hand Asperger’s sufferer Gary McKinnon over to the authorities in Washington...
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Since the issue of Gary McKinnon’s extradition has been under the media spotlight these days, a high-profile committee of MPs have also come forward to lend a supporting hand to the campaigners calling for halting the self-confessed hacker’s extradition to the US for trial.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Enough is enough: the hacker's medical diagnosis means extradition would be disastrous. Alan Johnson must act now What now for Gary McKinnon? Last month, the home secretary, Alan Johnson, said that he had "stopped the clock" on the extradition to the United States of the computer hacker while new evidence about his medical state was being considered. This week, the home affairs select committee...
Computerworld UK (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The powerful Home Affairs Select Committee has called for Nasa and Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon not to be extradited to the US.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
An influential committee of MPs has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop computer hacker Gary McKinnon being extradited to the United States.
Next Generation Frontline Left (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Home Affairs Select Committee has called for the extradition of Gary McKinnon to be halted due to his ‘precarious state of mental health’, withdrawing from Alan Johnson the opportunity to be a leader in this situation. However, it's not too late for him to act. The Home Secretary should order McKinnon to be placed under house arrest in the UK, so that the care he needs can be administered...
Delphius' Debate (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
An unspecified number of MPs want the extradition of Gary McKinnon halted. About bloody time we heard from our elected representatives. The cabinet and the home Office steadfastly refuse to accept the extradition treaty we have with the U.S. is unfair and unequal. Now we need an MP or two to start raising hell about it in the House of Commons.
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
“It is not in the interests of justice to send a British citizen with mental health problems to face decades in an American jail,” said Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary. Commenting on the Home Affairs Select Committee’s call for the extradition of Gary McKinnon to be halted because of his ‘precarious state of [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
An influential committee of MPs has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop computer hacker Gary McKinnon being extradited to the United States.
T Jantunen.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The extradition to the US of computer hacker Gary McKinnon should be halted owing to his "precarious state of mental health", MPs say. The Home Affairs Committee also said there was a "serious lack of equality" in US-UK extradition arrangements. But the Home Office said there was "no imbalance" and no need for a review. Mr [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
An influential committee of MPs today threw its weight behind the campaign to stop computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The extradition to the US of computer hacker Gary McKinnon should be halted owing to his "precarious" mental health, say MPs.
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The mother of the self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon, who could face extradition to the US for trial, went through a serious emotional turmoil after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, reportedly denied to talk to her.
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