Terry Olaes
I Used to be the [H] News Guy
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Gary McKinnon lost another bid to hide in his home country last week when the UK Home Secretary turned down an appeal to block the extradition request based on medical grounds. McKinnon, who is accused of hacking into NASA and Pentagon IT systems in 2001 & 2002, has Aspergers Syndrome.
The Home Secretary said it would not breach McKinnon's human rights to send him for trial in the U.S., and so he had no power to prevent the extradition. McKinnon's lawyers will next week apply for a judicial review and, if necessary appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.