Robin Lawrence backs Nick Clegg's stand on McKinnon extradition
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has called on the Prime Minister and Home Secretary to "do the right thing" and block the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon.Mr Clegg accused ministers of "hiding behind weasel-worded legal excuses" and demanded that they intervene in the case. Mr McKinnon has been denied leave to appeal to the new UK Supreme Court against his extradition to the US. He has admitted hacking into 97 US government computers, including those of Nasa and the Pentagon but he insists he was looking for evidence of UFOs. US authorities want to try him under anti-terrorism laws which carry a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison.
12 Oct 2009