Home Office ruling on McKinnon 'unlawful'
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A high court judge has said that the home secretary may have acted unlawfully in sanctioning the extradition of UFO hacker Gary McKinnon. In a letter, Justice Mitting said the fact that McKinnon suffers from Asperger's syndrome was admitted to court is reason enough "to refuse to surrender [McKinnon] to the government of the USA. "It is arguable that the [home secretary's] decision was unlawful", the letter added. The Judge said the case raises "stark and simple...
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