Gary McKinnon's mother brands extradition of her son 'disgusting'

" The mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon has criticised the home secretary's decision to extradite her son to the US as "disgusting". McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is said to be at serious risk of...

Alien fan faces life sentence for hacking into Pentagon

Gary McKinnon was interested in aliens. He suspected that the US government was interested in aliens, too, perhaps more so than it was letting on to the public; so shortly after 9/11, he hacked into 97 computer...

McCain staffer quits so he won't have to work against Obama

"Mark McKinnon, who was in charge of McCain's advertising, left the McCain campaign to keep a pledge not to use his skills to attack Barack Obama. The subtext of this is huge. It signals, holographically, the problem McCain will have holding on to Republicans and independents...

Pakistan barred from Commonwealth

"Pakistan has been suspended from the Commonwealth because of its imposition of emergency rule, the organisation has announced after a meeting in Uganda. Secretary General Don McKinnon said Pakistan was being suspended "pending restoration of democracy and the rule of...

Couple Catch Burglar, Make Him Clean Up at Gunpoint

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally."Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that...

U.K. gov't to hear hacker's case against extradition to U.S.

"July 31, 2007 (Computerworld UK) -- Gary McKinnon, the ex-systems administrator accused of conducting the biggest military hack of all time, has won the right to have his case against extradition to the U.S. heard by the U.K. House of Lords.The decision gives McKinnon and...

Fijian coup leader advertises Cabinet posts in newspapers

"SUVA, Fiji -- Wanted ads to fill vacant Cabinet jobs in the post-coup Fiji government ran in local newspapers Saturday in the South Pacific nation's renegade military chief and self-appointed president's latest...

Commonwealth suspends Fiji after coup

"LONDON, England (AP) -- The Commonwealth has suspended Fiji from its decision-making councils following a military coup in the South Pacific nation, the group's secretary-general said. "The Commonwealth...

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