I have been following this over the years, and I dont think he has ever denied what he did is wrong, regardless of the fact he says its in the search of truth etc.
The problem I see is that this country is not doing enough to support him, and as far as I am aware the US Military divisions who claim he caused all this damage etc, to warrant the extradition have not provided any evidence, and if he is extradited will not need to.
All this does beg the question though, they seem hell bent on setting an example of him, I wonder what is on those systems

As for he done them a favour its the typical thing people say, and there is no excuse to have the open systems he claimed to use to lauch his research attacks. In reality though people say this as its government, you wouldnt say that if you suffered ID Theft or similar as a result of a similar breach of your bank.

I hope he gets a fair and just trial, and it gets done and dusted soon, its been dragging on for years now.

If you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen!

 

Apparently he accepted the 6 months, but they wouldnt offer it in writing.

Should he be sat in a jail cell for the next few years? Yes. Most certainly

Should he be extradited? No. According to UK law he committed the offence in the UK and should therefore be charged and tried in the UK courts. There have been many similar cases where extradition was refused. The only reason I can see that this is different is that he's been labeled a terrorist (which IMHO is BS).

Both sides have been guilty of this from day one "your going to serve 45yrs unless you come quitely" "Guantanamo Bay for you boy" etc.. but that's just lawyers for you.


The claim by the media that McKinnon is "worlds greatest hacker" is laughable. From what I've read he's one step up from a script kiddie, maybe not even a whole step, a skiddie with lifts in his shoes.