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UK: Hacker gets another chance to foil US prosecutors

Posted on November 26, 2010 by pogowasright.org

Autistic hacker Gary McKinnon will get another chance to beat his US extradition order next week when the UK Parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee considers his plight again.

The Committee will consider the case against the 2003 Extradition Act under which the US placed an order for McKinnon’s arrest after he was caught hacking into military computers in 2001.

Read more on THINQ.co.uk

Update:  Link to ThinQ removed after it was bought out by an unrelated firm that now redirects to advertising.

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