Well done to the Mail for their continued support for Gary McKinnon, whose case featured on their front page a couple of days ago. It was a bold decision, but absolutely the right thing to do. Unless Alan Johnson steps in at the last minute, an awful injustice is about to take place. Gary McKinnon is the 43-year-old from Hertfordshire who hacked into US military computers, looking for evidence of UFOs. No-one is denying that he has committed a crime least of all Gary who made a full confession to the police.
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And, yes, Gary deserves to be punished – a light sentence or community service would be best. Instead – and although he could easily be tried in this country – he is to be extradited to the US. Once there, he will face six counts of computer fraud under a 1950s law designed to protect nuclear secrets.
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