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High court judges attempt to speed up Gary McKinnon case | World news | The Guardian

The high court has expressed concern over the length of time it is taking the long-running case of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon to come back to court.

Two judges attempted to speed matters up by listing the case for a hearing in July. They acted after being told that the home secretary, Theresa May, was “considering afresh” whether McKinnon, who has Asperger syndrome, should be extradited to the US to face trial for hacking into top secret US military computers in 2002.

Edward Fitzgerald QC, appearing for McKinnon, told the judges it was hoped that May would block US government extradition moves, meaning there would be no more need for court action.

Facing extradition on the basis of US idiocy. If a hacker can gain access through default passwords, it’s your own cunting fault and you are just pissed over what an embarrassment you are.

Fucking ridiculous.

I even find the “he deleted critical files” argument to be specious, due to the US being a lying sack of shit numerous times in the past.