Daily Mail: Alan Johnson is accused of cover-up over Gary McKinnon's legal battle
Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 23rd September 2009
at 11:48
Gary has been fighting for so long now...I would like to see this finished on a positive note, but for him and for the odd extradition policy between the US & UK.
Elena Goodrum
Community Manager
talk about autism
Posted by
michaelz
on 29th December 2010
at 11:30
there was an article in last week's hampstead and highgate express saying that sir menzies campbell and kate hoey are just two parliamentarians amongst many others who've signed a special letter about gary.
the article doesn't seem to be online in a regular way but can be accessed convolutedly - page 4, hampstead and highgate express, december 23.
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/home/e-edition
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meanwhile, quentin letts in the daily mail opines :
Lady Neville-Jones regards charm with the suspicion young boys reserve for soap and hot water. Her ladyship is as dry as Noilly Prat, though less cheering.
She took questions a few moments after Lord Wallace. The subject was America’s continuing attempt to extradite Gary McKinnon, that autistic chap who hacked into the Pentagon’s computers a decade ago and left messages saying, in effect, ‘d’oh!’
Much to the irritation of Whitehall and a succession of spineless ministers, this case will not go away. Parliamentarians keep raising it, as Lord Maginnis (UUP) did yesterday.
Hacker: The Lords had little answer for the plight of Gary McKinnon, who breached the security of Pentagon computers
He said there was ‘a more compelling moral responsibility than a legal one’ involved. In other words: tell the Americans to get lost. I know of hardly any British parliamentarian who thinks Mr McKinnon should be extradited. Yet why, why, why will Government ministers not admit this?
Lady Neville-Jones was punctiliously non-judgemental yesterday.
She bent over to say nothing helpful to Mr McKinnon. Some will say this was only correct. Many others will ask: what is the point of having politicians if they do not shout up for us, do not propel strong public desire?
Lady N-J is clever in a legalistic way. It would be perfectly possible for her, while jibbering about ‘legal frameworks’ and ‘reviews of existing provisions’, to speak up for the human side of Gary McKinnon’s plight.
Ten years this has been going on! Ugh. The timidity of the careerist. I bet Lord Wallace would have handled the moment better.
Lady Browning (Con) had the best solution. Post WikiLeaks, she said, ‘rather than imprisoning an autistic savant, the Pentagon would do well to employ Gary McKinnon to sort out the weaknesses in its computer security’.
Posted by
michaelz
on 28th June 2011
at 09:39
there's another asperger's hacker in the news.
ryan cleary.
there's a sarah cleary registered on this forum - don't know if she's related.
Posted by
Mike Stuart
on 28th June 2011
at 12:24
How does everyone feel about the amount of attention which is being paid to the fact that Ryan Cleary has asperger's? Almost all of the headlines yesterday seemed to mention it. I found this a bit strange but I'd be interested in hearing what the rest of you think about this - especially those of you on the spectrum.
- Mike
Posted by
michaelz
on 24th November 2011
at 13:14
daily mail editorial :
A mother’s reward
No
mother deserves recognition more than Janis Sharp, who has won an
important award from Liberty, the tireless champions of civil liberties,
for her ten-year battle to save her vulnerable son Gary McKinnon from
extradition to the U.S. on computer hacking charges.
As
the politicians dither disgracefully over Gary, however, we will
reserve our loudest cheers for the day she receives British justice for
her son.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2064971/Arab-Spring-democracy-...
Human Rights “Close to Home” Award:
Janis Sharp – for her passionate and sustained campaign to protect
her son, Gary McKinnon, from facing extradition to the USA. The other
nominees were Janet Alder, Davies, Gore & Lomax LLP and Housing Justice.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065006/Gary-McKinnons-mother-wi...
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/media/press/2011/liberty-rewards-...
Posted by
michaelz
on 27th November 2011
at 12:44
in the print issue of the express each comment is preceded by a R or a J to indicate authorship.
in the print issue this comment on the mckinnon case is headed by a J to show that it is the opinion of judy!
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A MOTHER WHO FOUGHT LIKE A TIGER FOR HER CHILD
Saturday November 26,2011
By Richard and Judy
Posted by
Mike Stuart
on 29th November 2011
at 12:14
Thanks for posting this, Michael.
- Mike
Mike Stuart
Community Manager
Talk about Autism
Posted by
michaelz
on 7th December 2011
at 14:57
David Blunkett today revealed he has twice privately pleaded with US authorities to let British alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon face trial by video link...
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Posted by
Nia Charpentier
on 7th September 2009
at 11:36
Hi everyone..
I hope you all had good weekends. Here is the latest on the Gary McKinnon case. As always, thoughts welcome!
Nia
Alan Johnson is accused of cover-up over Gary McKinnon's legal battle