Finally.... Gary McKinnon's Decade Long Threat of US Jail is Over

RT Report

"My son has now been under arrest for longer than any British citizen ever has. He hasn't raped anyone, he hasn't murdered anyone, so can't understand how this can be happening to him, as no matter how much anyone may choose to exaggerate his crime, the fact is that his crime was tapping on a keyboard in his bedroom in north London in search of information on aliens from outer space..." Janis Sharp -  hardcore campaigner and mother of Gary.   :: Full Mckinnon archive here ::

Janis Sharp has said she is "overwhelmed and incredibly happy" after the announcement that her son, British computer hacker Gary McKinnon, will not be extradited to the US.
Mr McKinnon, 46, who admits accessing US government computers but claims he was looking for evidence of UFOs, has been fighting extradition since 2002. His mother told a press conference that Mr McKinnon "couldn't speak" when he heard the news. Mr McKinnon, from Wood Green, north London, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, faced 60 years in jail if convicted in the US.

Autistic researcher Gary McKinnon fighting for proper pretrial examination

Russia Today
20 July, 2012

British hacker Gary McKinnon has refused a medical test to see if he’s fit for extradition to the US. His mother says the expert assigned to the case has no experience with Asperger’s Syndrome, and extradition could cause McKinnon to commit suicide.

Gary McKinnon, 46, has admitted to hacking US military computer databases in a search of UFO evidence. But his interest is no excuse in the US, where he could face up to six decades behind bars if convicted.

He’s been fighting extradition since 2006. Last April, McKinnon’s family had him examined by three leading Asperger’s experts, who concluded that he wasn’t fit for trial due to a very high risk that he could take his own life.

At the last court hearing on July 5, judges were told Home Secretary Theresa May was “close” to making a decision on the matter, though she admitted to being “personally concerned” McKinnon wasn’t properly examined, giving his family until July 19 to agree to new state-administered tests.

Britain’s National Autistic Society supported the McKinnon family’s experts’ report, and has recommended that the Home Office put new examiners on McKinnon’s case.

Now, the Home Office says the matter will be discussed at the High Court on July 24.

McKinnon’s family says he has already lost ten years of his life to the extradition battle, and voiced hopes that he would be allowed to stay in Britain.

Dozens of British MPs from various political parties have formed a coalition to fight what they call a “one-sided” extradition policy with the US.

Drawn up in a post-9/11 panic, it allows Washington to demand any person it wants without having to provide any evidence and London has no other choice than to obey.

Source: http://www.rt.com/news/mckinnon-refuse-medical-tests-636/

Good News for Gary

from aangirfan by Anon

Gary

The CIA has suffered a setback.

On 5th December 2011, the campaign to change Britain's unfair extradition laws scored a success in the UK parliament.

A motion calling for 'urgent reform' to the US/UK treaty on extradition was passed uncontested by UK members of parliament.

The treaty is being used to try to send Gary McKinnon, an Asperger's syndrome sufferer, to America.

Gary McKinnon is wanted for hacking U.S military computers while searching for evidence of 'little green men'.


Conservative MP Dominic Raab led the debate in the UK parliament.

He said that the motion calling for reform was about defending 'the price we place on the liberty of our citizens and the value we ascribe to that cornerstone of British justice – innocent until proven guilty.'

The motion is not binding on the Government.

Members of Parliament want changes to both the 2003 UK/US treaty and a separate extradition deal with Brussels.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070402/Gary-McKinnon-extradition-Law-reform-motion-voted-through.html#ixzz1fk4VeWGx

A comment in the UK's Daily mail:

"This is good news. The bad news is that the US Senate is passing a bill to allow the arrest, indefinite detention without trial, of any citizen of any country anywhere, and allowing some to be detained if found innocent by a jury."

Free Gary McKinnon

Gary Stays!

...Gary McKinnon, the Scottish computer hacker facing extradition to the U.S. gets a reprieve. McKinnon is accused of breaking into the Pentagon and NASA networks in 2001 and 2002, causing damage that cost the U.S. almost a million dollars to repair. The fourty-four year old hacker has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome - a type of autism disorder. Now, the UK Home Secretary Theresa May has halted the extradition process, which was started by the previous government, and ordered a review of the extradition law...
...freeGary...

“Earth to NASA, you have a problem!”

...From the Denver UFO Examiner...

Evidence that U.S. space agency NASA has defrauded U.S. taxpayers for billions of dollars could scrap NASA’s case against UK hacker Gary McKinnon. Credible witnesses have claimed that NASA has altered or destroyed its photos containing images of UFOs. This could become a legal and public relations nightmare for NASA.

Part of NASA's mission is to look for signs of intelligent life in outer space. So asking for more money to 'look', after they've already destroyed evidence that they 'found', is a not going to be easy.

Among these whistleblowers are US Air Force Sergeant Karl Wolfe, former NASA employee Donna Hare, and former NASA engineer John Schuessler. Wolfe and Hare exposed some of NASA’s misdeeds at the May 9, 2001 Disclosure Project press conference in Washington, D.C. They both offered to give similar testimony before the U.S. Congress.

NASA seems intent on making an example of UK hacker Gary McKinnon. In the end, the public might be intent on making an example of NASA. After all, how can NASA keep getting $17 billion a year during an economic crisis after taxpayers find out NASA has been lying to them for decades and squandering their hard-earned money? The legal experts should ask, “is it a crime for someone to hack into a government agency that is committing a much bigger crime?”

There's talk that McKinnon might serve up to 60-70 years in prison if found guilty. So what is the maximum sentence for NASA officials if found guilty of defrauding taxpayers? On Jan. 20, an UK judge is expected to make a final decision on McKinnon’s extradition to the U.S. That gives NASA less than one week to avoid a collision with reality.

FULL STORY HERE