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Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has been granted a short reprieve from possible extradition to the US while a European court decides whether or not to intervene. Law lords rejected McKinnon's appeal against extradition last month, leaving the European Court of Human Rights as his final avenue of appeal. McKinnon's solicitors …

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  1. MarkMcA
    Paris Hilton

    The real reason for the US over-reaction?

    McKinnon did actually expose something both highly significant and embarrassing to the US (excluding its comical security and bad attitude); the list of 'non-terrestrial' military personnel. WTF are they?

    Evidence of aliens, nope. But it's a fair bet that the US military is steaming ahead full speed with their weaponisation of space - something they've wanted for years despite it being utterly illegal under international and US law. Full-spectrum dominance and all that.

    Don't forget the Pentagon says it 'cannot account for' over $2 trillion (!) - enough to buy about 40 International Space Stations, 20 manned missions to Mars or a dozen moon bases. (Yes, I just Googled the numbers... :) )

    'Non-terrestrial' military officers, indeed.

    - Paris, cos she's not on Planet Earth either.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Embarrassing Trial

    Is it me or does anyone else think that this might just be an embarrassing trial for the U.S. gov, if there really were no passwords!!

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