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]
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. Gary McKinnon was not available for comment at the time of writing.
[February 26, 2009, 16:36]
McKinnon suffered breakdown, says hacker's mother
Blog Gary McKinnon, the man accused by US prosecutors of "the biggest military hack of all time", has suffered a severe deterioration in his mental health, according to his mother. Vulnerable people like Gary McKinnon can be bundled off to other...
[August 28, 2009, 17:59]
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]
Nasa hacker: I'm safe until prosecution decision
News Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon has said he is 'safe' until the director of public prosecutions makes a decision about whether to prosecute him in the UK. In late December McKinnon sent a letter to Starmer, confessing to offences under section 2 of the...
[January 21, 2009, 11:03]
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. In the confession letter McKinnon gave assurances that he would plead guilty to offences under section 2 of the...
[January 16, 2009, 12:45]
MPs take McKinnon fight to US ambassador
News Three senior British politicians are taking their campaign for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to the American ambassador in London. The cross-party group of politicians is pushing for the US to end its extradition proceedings against McKinnon on human...
[September 10, 2009, 16:16]
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. Moreover, in a letter to McKinnon dated 9 April, 2003, Gibson said the US authorities would reserve the right to prosecute...
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
Deadline set for Nasa-hacker prosecution decision
News The Crown Prosecution Service will give a decision in the next four weeks as to whether it will prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. On 23 December Todner sent a letter to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer to say McKinnon would...
[January 15, 2009, 15:39]
DPP McKinnon decision may be delayed
Blog The decision as to whether to prosecute Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon in the UK may be pushed back further. On 15 January McKinnon's solicitor, Karen Todner, told me that she had received a fax from the director of public prosecutions (DPP) Keir...
[February 11, 2009, 16:41]
Parliamentary support builds for Nasa hacker
News Support is building in parliament and from legal experts for self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to be tried in the UK. Lord Carlile told The Guardian on Monday that he had sent a letter to home secretary Jacqui Smith pressing for UK...
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News A cross-party coalition of MPs has called for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to serve any putative sentence in the UK. This House… urges the home secretary not to permit the extradition to the United States of Mr Gary McKinnon of Palmers Green, London...
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
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]
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal
News However, it is understood that the Home Office sent a letter rejecting McKinnon's appeal to his solicitors on Monday. The reasons for McKinnon's appeal to the Home Office being dismissed were set out in the letter sent to McKinnon's solicitors.
[October 14, 2008, 12:14]
