UK computer hacker Gary McKinnon will be tried in the United States after requests to block extradition were refused. Gary’s family has been told that the Home Office couldn’t block the move because of his medical condition. Gary is accused of hacking into networks owned by NASA, the US Army, US Navy. Department of Defence and the US Air force.
A US prosecutor claims the hack is the “biggest military computer hack of all time.” Gary said he was looking for UFO evidence. If he is convicted he will face 60 years in prison. Gary admits hacking into 97 US government computers which include NASA’s and Pentagon’s, during 2001 and 2002.
His mother Janis Sharp told the BBC she was “devastates” by the news and her son had reacted “very badly”. “To force a peaceful, vulnerable, misguided UFO fanatic like Gary thousands of miles away from his much-needed support network is barbaric”.
In my opinion although he has Asperser's syndrome he should still get a prison sentence but nothing else. We will have to see how it all comes out in the end.
