McKinnon - The trials and tribulations

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Hacker McKinnon gets 14-day reprieve from extradition

Aug 13, 2009 11:25 AM

The European Court Human Rights has stopped the British government from extraditing self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon to the US to face charges related to "the greatest military hack" in history.

McKinnon case thrown out by High Court

Jul 31, 2009 11:30 AM

The High Court has thrown out UFO hacker Gary Mckinnon’s latest legal challenge to his extradition order by US Prosecutors.

Gary McKinnon's lawyer speaks out

Jan 23, 2009 11:29 AM

On 23 January 2009, Gary McKinnon's attorney released this statement.

Hacker McKinnon to stay while DPP considers a UK trial

Jan 20, 2009 11:29 AM

Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in the UK for the next month while the director of public prosecutions (DPP) considers whether to try him here.

US took 39 months to demand McKinnon's extradition

Jan 19, 2009 11:28 AM

It took the US 39 months to ask for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition for allegedly committing the greatest military hack in history.

Exclusive podcast interview: Gary McKinnon's mum on why she believes her son should be tried in the UK

Jan 16, 2009 11:28 AM

Janis Sharp, mother of self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon, speaks frankly, movingly and exclusively to Computer Weekly’s Ian Grant about the struggle to stop his extradition to the US for committi...

High Court could delay McKinnon's extradition appeal

Jan 15, 2009 11:28 AM

Lawyers for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon will ask the High Court on Tuesday to postpone its hearing into whether Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's decision to extradite him to the US should stand.

Gary McKinnon's mother's appeal to the DPPGary McKinnon's mother's appeal to the DPP

Jan 12, 2009 11:27 AM

Below is Janis Sharp's appeal to Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, at Crown Prosecution Service for her son, Gary McKinnon, to be tried in the UK.

Hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to US within days

Oct 13, 2008 11:26 AM

Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon's final appeal to be tried in Britain was turned down this afternoon. He is expected to be extradited to the US within days, where he faces charges that he was r...

Hacker Gary McKinnon loses extradition appeal

Aug 28, 2008 11:25 AM

The man accused of "the biggest military hack of all time" today lost his appeal against extradition to the US to face his accusers.

Hacker McKinnon looks to Europe to avoid extradition

Aug 1, 2008 11:24 AM

Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon lost his six-year battle to avoid standing trial in the US for hacking into military databases when the Law Lords rejected his appeal against extradition to the ...

US embarrassed that UFO hacker could easily access military computers

Jun 17, 2008 11:24 AM

The US government wanted a speedy resolution of its case against a self-confessed British hacker because it was embarrassed by the ease with which he was able to access federal computer systems, th...

Gary McKinnon broke into 73,000 US government computers, Lords told

Jun 16, 2008 11:23 AM

Self-confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted c...

Lords to rule on hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition

Jun 13, 2008 11:22 AM

Top counsel and human rights activists will support self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon when he goes to the House of Lords on Monday to fight his extradition to the US.