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OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Pussy Riot were trying to use their freedom of speech, of which they do not have in Russia. Gary McKinnon was a hacker who hacked into government computers and tried to hide his tracks. How is that oppressive? |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
And we did do spy swaps in the cold war. Yes, the Krogers, Peter and Helen comes to mind here. The most formidable spy couple ever to get caught in the act in the UK. All in all I do wonder if the British justice system should have handled this Mckinnon business. Understandable in the circumstances since he committed the crime whilst on British soil. This was a posibility but the legal bods of both countries decided to try the case in the USA, I feel they made the wrong decision here. Most probably too been less resistance against him standing for trial. Mind you, the American's have finally got their hands on the hook man (Abu Hamza al-Masri) at last. I do suspect under the circumstances that Abu Hamaz was the one the American juditial system was most satisfied in getting their hands on, Mckinnon, well, you would have just got no sense out of him. A new extradition treaty between the British and the USA was agreed upon in 2003. and since this time the USA have made 130 applications for extradition from the UK of which 10 have been turned down. The UK have made 54 applications for extradition from the USA of which 16 have been turned down. As can be seen, the UK turn down 1 in 13 USA applications. ...............the USA turn down 1 in 3 UK applications. I suspect that the difference is down to set criteria's for qualifying for extradition put in place by each country. Here the USA most probably sets stricter rules for qualification and had this Mckinnon extradition been the other way around and it was the UK applying then there is every chance this application would have been turned down, by the USA, too. Yes, my earlier synopsis, the legal bods made the wrong decision, they should have gone for trial in the UK for they failed to take into consideration medical factors that could halt the extradition to the USA. I don't see any reason why they don't now go for trial here in the UK. The risk that he may attempt to commit suicide much abates now so easier for our judicial system to question him and decide then what to do with him to keep him out of harms way. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20084 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... Gary McKinnon was a hacker who hacked into government computers and tried to hide his tracks. How is that oppressive? TEN YEARS house arrest and the threat of SIXTY YEARS or even DEATH for the sake of taking a look through some open Windows?! So that is not oppressive? Such "sudden death" should not be possible/allowed as a penalty/consequence of such a hopelessly insecure Windows that have been left open to all. The danger and threat is crazily disproportionate to the ease that someone could wander/blunder in, regardless of whether deliberate or accidental. For example, we have railings on balconies and doors on lifts. I'm sure the criminality would be judged to be against the owners who did not ensure there was very obviously required adequate protection in place to protect from harm the casual passer-by, or even a determined passing idiot. So?... America has a new unwritten law: Peek through open Windows and be hounded to a persecuted death. Yep: That is clearly hugely disproportionate. Only in America, aided and abetted by the UK? All in our only world, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
... Gary McKinnon was a hacker who hacked into government computers and tried to hide his tracks. How is that oppressive? 60 years and/or death would be the maximum punishment. More often than not, most judges would take into account his mental issues (if any) and give him a far lower sentence. Try not to look at the maximum and then blow it out of proportion. Such "sudden death" should not be possible/allowed as a penalty/consequence of such a hopelessly insecure Windows that have been left open to all. The danger and threat is crazily disproportionate to the ease that someone could wander/blunder in, regardless of whether deliberate or accidental. Wrong analogy. More like you know there's a government facility nearby and you believe they are hiding evidence of alien UFOs, so you break in past the barbed wire fences, work your way through a security door and start messing around with things, then you cover your tracks on the way out. He wasn't simply "peering in an open window". He proactively went to great lengths to get into what he wasn't authorized to access (your opinion of Windows security flaws aside, as this could have just as easily happened to an un-patched version of *nix as well). |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
All in all it's still spying though Martin something we all have to condone. Yet the Yanks spy against the Tommies and the Tommies spy against the Yanks so you have to laugh after all. Yes, the Yanks are good as persecution, they must have learnt how to do this off us. The mind set of the Americans over some issues is quite different to that of ours over here in the UK. America has taken some nasty bashes recently so you can understand why their going to be quite heavy on breaches of security, whoever commits them. They'll push the boat out to get their way but will be pragmatic over the result with reference to McKinnon. America has got the man they truly wonted and I suspect that they opted for Hook man over McKinnon. With regards to Mckinnon there is nothing new for the American authorities to learn. They new he did the hack and they know how he did it so there's no point in shelling out £1000's of dollars a week keeping him behind bars. But with Hook man then there's a lot to be gleaned from this feller so they desperately wonted to get their hands on him. To this end the whole of the UK was only too pleased to see Hook man fall into the hands of the Americans at last. So in the end then I suspect a deal was brokered, we'll definitely at all cost give you Hook man, come what may, provided you accept that we would prefer to keep McKinnon here at home...deal done. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
So in the end then I suspect a deal was brokered, No Minister, we couldn't possibly expect you too. "Will you be at the American Embassy for drinks tonight"? The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24870 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Oy, you trying to steal my mantle? |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Unfortunately not, regretfully I have a prior engagement elsewhere. Could this engagement possibly be in attending the opening first night of Shakespeare's play, "All is well that endes well"....Minister? The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24870 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Naw, his more famous play.... "Much Ado about Nothing" |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Naw, his more famous play........ ....Oh well,...."As You Like It".... The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
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