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McKinnon lawyers seek judicial review
Blog Comment "However, according to Sharp, the police have warned that campaigners may be arrested if they attempt to go to the palace. Why? So walking to the Palace gates or fence to leave flower's and cards will get people arrested?
[December 10, 2009, 23:27]
McKinnon lawyers seek judicial review
Blog Lawyers seeking a judicial review for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon lodged fresh evidence of his psychiatric state at the High Court on Thursday. Karen Todner, McKinnon's solicitor, said in a press statement that in addition to the medical reports...
[December 10, 2009, 16:00]
Nasa hacker gets legal deadline extended
Blog Gary McKinnon's legal team has been given more time to request a judicial review of the home secretary's decision not to halt McKinnon's extradition to the United States. Home secretary Alan Johnson has granted an extension of the deadline until 10...
[December 2, 2009, 14:07]
Nasa hacker extradition to go ahead, minister says
Blog Comment If McKinnon had boosted a car off the street in the middle of Anchorage and was wanted to face trial for it, Asperger's or not, we wouldn't have heard anything about it. As for McKinnon's health issues, all I can say is that I know one guy...
[November 27, 2009, 23:51]
The land of make believe...
Talkback "Todner said that under normal circumstances, parties would have three months to apply for judicial review, but that Johnson had given McKinnon's lawyers a week. The home secretary said the additional psychiatric evidence presented to him to show...
[November 27, 2009, 21:04]
Nasa hacker defence vows to fight on
News Gary McKinnon's legal team has pledged to continue to fight the self-confessed hacker's extradition to the US, after home secretary Alan Johnson refused to step in. The team will apply to the High Court to seek a judicial review of Johnson's...
[November 27, 2009, 13:00]
Nasa hacker extradition to go ahead, minister says
Blog Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US to face hacking charges is set to move forward, after home secretary Alan Johnson said he will not intervene. McKinnon's supporters had asked the minister to halt the extradition on the grounds that it would be...
[November 26, 2009, 22:17]
there are several separate strands here
Talkback We seem to have to have two strands here - one which is about justice generally and the more specific one about Gary McKinnon where the argument is about the issue of handling Aspergers. However that discussion has simply evolved from this one...
[November 19, 2009, 9:03]
understanding victims
Talkback I dont think however this really has anythign to do with Gary mcKinnon since not even the US claim that he is a terrorist or that he was deliberately setting out to cause harm to any person. I know that if I was a victim of crime I would be like...
[November 19, 2009, 0:21]
MPs urge Nasa hacker clemency
News An influential government committee has urged home secretary Alan Johnson to use his discretion in evaluating the case of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is in a parlous mental condition, Vaz wrote in a letter seen...
[November 12, 2009, 17:44]
Home secretary considers Nasa hacker plea
News Home secretary Alan Johnson says he will decide 'quickly' whether he will intervene in the extradition of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. On Tuesday Johnson told the Home Affairs Select Committee, an influential parliamentary scrutiny body, that he...
[November 11, 2009, 12:25]
At what point should Microsoft get scared?
Blog Comment Excellent posts. Perhaps soon we'll see Clippy the Office Assistant popping up with "I see you're not using Microsoft software much any more - would you like help with migrating to something else?
[October 30, 2009, 7:44]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Comment These days I wouldn't condemn anyone to America - not even as a tourist :(
[October 18, 2009, 16:35]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Comment Yes they should present a proper case for extradition, otherwise it just amounts to people being 'taken away' under the guise of extradition. Meanwhile, the homeland secrurity over there have started to prosecute US citizens and give them as much...
[October 18, 2009, 15:56]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Comment There are mitigating circumstances. The treaty and mechanism is not reciprocal - because they would not satisfy the American Constitution, i.e.the human rights of American citizens. This is evidence of bad faith on the Americans part.
[October 18, 2009, 15:11]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Comment Sorry the guy is guilty and his medical condition is a result of him waking up to what he has done. Show no mercy I say.
[October 18, 2009, 14:38]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Home Secretary Alan Johnson has agreed to delay the final deadline on Gary McKinnon's fight against extradition, after being presented with new medical evidence on McKinnon's psychiatric condition. This follows McKinnon being denied the right to...
[October 18, 2009, 13:37]
Nasa hacker fight heads to Europe
News Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has lost a high-court bid to have his case taken to the new UK Supreme Court, paving the way for his extradition to the US on hacking charges. The decision, delivered by judges at the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday...
[October 9, 2009, 11:17]
Quite right...
Talkback Makes a lot of sense and a great deal of what happened in the McKinnon case could have being avoided if the approach to IT security in those facilities had being better thought out process.
[October 6, 2009, 14:40]
McKinnon case puts IT ethics in the dock
Comment The furore over the McKinnon hacking case provides a useful backdrop for efforts to improve ethical standards among IT professionals, says David Clarke. The threatened extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on charges of computer hacking raises...
[October 5, 2009, 11:25]
