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Gary McKinnon

Computer hacker gets reprieve, U.K. won’t deport him to U.S.

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Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker who broke into U.S. computer systems shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, won’t be extradited from the United Kingdom after all, because a British lawmaker ruled it would be inhumane. McKinnon was diagnosed in 2008 with depression and Asperger’s Syndrome.

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British Hacker Gary McKinnon Will Not Face Extradition to the US

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British hacker may face trial in US

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The British man US authorities call the �biggest military hack of all time� may lose his fight against extradition to the United States. The World’s Clark Boyd has the story.

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British hacker facing extradition

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Briton Gary McKinnon is accused by the US government of committing “the biggest military computer hack of all time,� and now McKinnon’s lost his fight in Britain to avoid extradition to the United States to stand trial,.

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