Gary McKinnon broke into computer systems belonging to NASA, Department of Defense, US Army, US Navy and US Army. If found guilty and punished in the UK, it would make extradition to the USA unlikely. McKinnons supporters have aggressively fought to prevent him being extradited to the U.S. where they claim he will be treated as a scapegoat. Support for McKinnon is growing in support of his supporters, who say he is being treated as the ‘scapegoat'”]
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