According to media reports, British Home Secretary Alan Johnson has rejected a last-bid attempt by Gary McKinnon’s supporters to prevent his extradition to the United States.
Concerns have been raised that 43-year-old McKinnon, who was arrested almost eight years ago after allegedly hacking into computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, Department of Defense and NASA, and has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, might take his own life if jailed in the United States.
The North London computer enthusiast’s troubles started when he broke into the computer systems only in order, he claims, to hunt for top secret information about anti-gravity propulsion systems and alien technology, which he believed the authorities were hiding from the public.
US authorities, meanwhile, alleged that McKinnon – known by the handle ‘Solo’ – caused nearly a million dollars worth of…
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