ALJAZEERA: The UK has blocked the extradition of a British computer hacker to the United States, ending his decade-long campaign to avoid trial there over allegations he broke into sensitive military and NASA computer networks…
May told parliamentarians there was no doubt [Gary] McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome and depressive illness, was “seriously ill” and the extradition warrant against him should be withdrawn.
She said it was now for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, to decide whether he should face trial in the UK… (more)
