__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 08:47 \__
> Winston Eisenhart <whe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Mark K wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, not sure it was /in/ the UK, but I'm sure that HMG has been
>>> involved in it, and I'm disgusted that they would even consider it,
>>> but the issue wasn't in the UK, this time...
>>
>>
>> The 2003 Extradition Act allowed McKinnon to be extradited to the US.
>>
>> --------------------
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6521255.stm
>>
>> "Home Secretary John Reid granted the US request to extradite him for
>> trial."
>> --------------------
>>
>
> Did you misread the thread? This was never in question. The suggestion
> was that the UK was also involved in torture, something I also believe
> to be correct.
>
> My original point is that the 2003 extradition act was enacted in order
> to "combat terrorism", that McKinnon is in no way a terrorist, that the
> US has not enacted its part of the treaty because many US government
> figures are worried that terrorists in the US might be extradited back
> to the UK to stand trial for their crimes, etc. etc.
The US is not a victim here. At the end of the day, it seems like McKinnon is
a scapegoat, a victim.
"Piracy figures are inflated say criminologists"
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35580
How much did these clowns say that his intrusion cost? And how much of that
is to do with the fact that they turned a mole into a hill, for the
gentleman changed a few wallpapers on PCs whose admin password was still set
to its defaults?
Maybe they should start torturing people who P2P, or people who pirate Vista
while Microsoft conveniently turns a blind eye...
Why do we still have 100-150 million Windows zombies out there? Who is taking
care of /real/ crime?
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