A lot of you fail at English
The quote from McKinnon proves two things, which some of you are still ignoring.
1. He uttered a clear threat. He announced his intent to do the maximum possible damage to the U. S. Military, and he indicated that this action was to be a response to a real prior attack, thus allying himself with the perpetrators of that attack. That part is all on the record. It's why the article says the quote already does half the prosecutions work for them - it's that indicative of guilt that the case would be essentially open and shut before any reasonable jury in your country or mine.
2. He is now lying through his teeth about just being there to look for U.F.O.s.