No it doesnt make sense that people can be AUTOMATICALLY wrenched from their country. There is virtually no diplomatic process and the American government needs virtually no proof. Why should america be the long armed police man of the world? Do you think China or Russia would just hand over citizens for minor crimes?

Check this out, they took this kid with Autism for "6 months commnuity service" then when they got him, made it 60 years!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ns-speaks.html

Bottom line is, McKinnon humiliated the US by easily getting into NASA and Pentagon systems with a 300 quid computer, and now they want their pound of flesh. He's a loner-geek with a medical condition called Aspergers syndrome, meaning he lives in his own little world and is most definitely not some super spy or Terrorist mastermind.....Its not fair at all. What he did was 'wrong' and he has apologised profusely for it, and probably did not realise the trouble he could get in.

He deserves sanction, but there are mitigating circumstances, and 60 years is frikkin ludicrous, but then the British Student Richard O' Dwyer is looking at a possible 10 years for creating a website (TV shack) providing links to films and Tv shows etc. Money is God in the US, always has been.

Ironically, 'the land of the free' has the highest documented incarceration rate of any country that has ever existed.....imprisoning more people than the likes of Iran and China.....1 in every 100 US citizens are in actually in jail. Not bashing the US, but it happens to be true. I personally think the UK is a little too soft on certain crimes, but I would prefer moderation and common sense over ridiculously harsh sentencing any day of the week.

Just an opinion.

Fair enough.....

I'm editing your posting... because you need to get the message.

You little one-liners with not substance are an annoyance. You poke away on thiese boards with this kind of talk consistently.

I'm not deleting the posting, because if anyone else thinks they are going to disrupt this topic they are mistaken.

I know it is.


It seems so.

You forgot Switzerland!
Recent development shows our government tends to bend over too.

I appreciate your concern in this matter... It has nothing to do with the topic.

Stay on topic, the only reason a posting with political undertones is being allowed to run is the nature of the content affects us all.

Actually not that hard to do.

Back in my undergrad days in the '90s it was a joke in hacker circles that the password to US Navy computers was usually the name of a WWII US battleship.

The sad thing is it was apparently actually true.