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Hacker Gary McKinnon May Avoid US Extradition

Hacker Gary McKinnon May Avoid US Extradition

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has hinted that hacker Gary McKinnon could serve a jail sentence in Britain instead of being extradited to the US.McKinnon, who suffers from the Asperger's syndrome, was charged by the US government for hacking into military and NASA computers. McKinnon had claimed that he was only looking for information about UFOs.Following a meeting today with US president Barack Obama, Cameron suggested that McKinnon could possibly serve time in a UK...



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