It seems that Hugo Keith QC,
acting for the Treasury Solicitor argued against any sort of Judicial
Review, and then wasted even more public money on legal fees, and
slowed down the already overburdened Court system, by getting a hearing
in front of a Judge, to try to overturn Karen Todner's rejection of the
date which he was demanding, the 2nd December (i.e. next Tuesday),
Is it just a coincidence, or are the officials who set the Court Dates
waving a couple of fingers at President George W. Bush and his
apparatchiki and henchmen, who officially hand over power to
President-elect Barack Obama on the same day, Tuesday 20th January 2009 ?
Hacker McKinnon given yet another lifeline against US extradition
Pentagon "UFO hacker" Gary McKinnon has been given yet another chance to beat a US extradition
order for his US military hacking.
McKinnon will now be able to see out Christmas in the UK after his lawyer won the right for a High Court judge to review
McKinnon's plight on 20 January.
The judge will make a decision on this date as to whether
another court should review his case. If a review is necessary, the High Court
will hear the case yet again.
McKinnon has admitted to hacking into US military systems
between 2001 and 2002, but says he should not be extradited to the US as he was
only looking for hidden evidence of UFOs.
The US government says he caused hundreds of thousands of
dollars in damage to military computer systems.
for the US authorities as they indicted him in November 2002, and the UK
government approved his extradition in 2006.
McKinnon has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, an autistic
spectrum disorder that can lead to obsessive behaviour and poor social
interaction.
His condition may be used to fight the
extradition.
good luck gary