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    5 starsWournos | Shared With: Everyone - 18 days ago | news, law, legal, autism, aspergers, IT, UK

    This blog website is intended to support British citizen Gary McKinnon, who is facing "fast track" extradition to the USA (after over five six years since his initial arrest !). Gary was indicted by a US court in November 2002, accused of "hacking" into over 90 US Military computer systems from here in the UK. The unjust treatment of British citizens (and others) when facing the might of the US Military "justice" system, which practices detention without trial in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, and stands accused of making use of torture by allied regimes ("extraordinary rendition") is an ongoing scandal. It cannot be excused even by a "war on terror". It seems only just that Gary should face any charges in a British court, and to serve any sentence, if he is found guilty, in a British prison.

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    McKinnon on the edge as home secretary mulls plea | 15 Sep 2008 | ComputerWeekly.com

    McKinnon faces US accusations that he was responsible for the biggest hack ever of military computers. If found guilty he could spend up to 60 years in jail. He has said he is willing to stand trial in the UK.

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    0 starsWournos | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 31 2007 | news, gays, lgbt, law, legal, privacy, total freakin' nutters
    The Anniston Star » Latest from AP

    Jury awards father $11M in funeral case

    quoted: A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

    Church members routinely picket funerals of military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, carrying signs such as "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."