MPs take McKinnon fight to US ambassador
News The cross-party group of politicians is pushing for the US to end its extradition proceedings against McKinnon on human-rights grounds. In August, Johnson said he could not as home secretary step in to halt the extradition as this would be illegal...
[September 10, 2009, 16:16]
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal
News The man accused by the US government of accessing more than 73,000 US military machines has lost his second appeal to the Home Office against extradition. The secretary of state has advised via the treasury solicitors that, despite Mr McKinnon's...
[October 14, 2008, 12:14]
McKinnon suffered breakdown, says hacker's mother
Blog The American Civil Liberties Union also sent a letter to foreign secretary David Miliband requesting that extradition arrangements be scrutinised. The protest outside the US embassy on Thursday, which was organised by civil liberties group Liberty...
[August 28, 2009, 17:59]
Nasa hacker appeals to Bush for pardon
News Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon is appealing to outgoing US president George W Bush to halt McKinnon's extradition to the US. McKinnon is also hopeful that president-elect Barack Obama will drop the extradition after his inauguration on...
[January 16, 2009, 12:45]
Parliamentary support builds for Nasa hacker
News Despite the diagnosis, the Home Office refused to halt McKinnon's extradition to the US to face charges of hacking 97 US military computers. In December, McKinnon signed a confession in an attempt to avoid extradition, admitting to offences under...
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News The Conservative MP introduced the early-day motion after receiving a letter from security minister Admiral Lord West of Spithead, which said legal representations made to the Home Office on the grounds of McKinnon's medical condition had given...
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
Nasa hacker: I'm safe until prosecution decision
News Before hearing the news, McKinnon faced the prospect of extradition to the US within a few days. A UK prosecution would enable McKinnon to avoid extradition to the US. The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday was to consider another...
[January 21, 2009, 11:03]
US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News US lawyers tried to pressure 'Nasa hacker' Gary McKinnon into agreeing to extradition, the Law Lords heard on Monday. Speaking at an appeal hearing at the House of Lords, McKinnon's defence lawyer David Pannick QC said the US had tried to "coerce...
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
Outrage over privacy violation in cybercrime treaty
News In addition, the treaty tackles electronic fraud, child pornography, devices that aid computer crime and extradition of computer criminals. In a letter to the Council of Europe secretary general of the Committee of Experts on Cyber Crime, Walter...
[December 14, 2000, 8:45]
Nasa hacker closer to extradition after CPS refusal
News The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not prosecute self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK, edging him closer to extradition to the US. The reason the CPS doesn't have the evidence is that the US, under the extradition...
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
Nasa hacker: I'll plead guilty in the UK
News Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon has told UK prosecutors he will plead guilty to charges in the UK, a move that could help him avoid extradition to the US. His solicitor, Karen Todner, sent a letter to Keir Starmer, the director of public...
[January 12, 2009, 16:56]
DPP McKinnon decision may be delayed
Blog He is seeking to avoid extradition to the US to face what US prosecutors have described as "the biggest military hack of all time". I was told that the DPP's letter had said he "hoped" to reach a decision within four weeks, in other words, it may...
[February 11, 2009, 16:41]
Nasa hacker loses bid to avoid extradition
News Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking into military systems in that country. McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push for the extradition despite...
[July 31, 2009, 15:20]
Bush backs international cybercrime plan
News It also covers extradition for computer crimes and permits police to request that their counterparts in other countries cooperate in conducting electronic surveillance. In a letter to the Senate on Monday, Bush called the Council of Europe's...
[November 19, 2003, 9:00]
Deadline set for Nasa-hacker prosecution decision
News In addition to the decision of Starmer, on Tuesday 20 January the High Court will hear oral evidence from McKinnon's legal representation, who contend McKinnon's diagnosis of Asperger's in the summer was not taken into account by the home...
[January 15, 2009, 15:39]
