Comments on: Quest to extradite harmless hacker, Gary McKinnon

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:57:09 +0000

A very good article, but lacking in hope that anything is going to be done. From the point of view of Mr Mckinnon anything must be better than spending the rest of his life in an american prison for highlighting their own chronic security inadequacies. So he should be spirited away somewhere by our secret services and given a new life, safe from the bullies across the water, who can’t even see that the real issue is that they employ stupid people..

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By: Harold Norcross

Harold Norcross — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:19:31 +0000

Why aren’t the incompetent American Defence ‘ex[erts’ being prosecuted for criminal negligence ?

Let us hope that the British Defence organisation is more intelligent than to put sensitive material on known vulnerable channels of communication for all to see

The Americans should be told to prosecute ther incompetent Defence persinnel and then we might award McKinnon for revealing the deficiencies .

Harold

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By: Phil W

Phil W — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:05:04 +0000

The farce is that if Gary had *not* done this and a determined and clued up terrorist had instead, the end result could potentially be far more serious.

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By: Adrian P

Adrian P — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:13 +0000

The Pentagon should be paying him for pointing out flaws in their security, it ought to be Our Govt’s policy to reward people who can do so.

http://www.prisonplanet.com

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By: Richard Morris

Richard Morris — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:37:55 +0000

Full marks to Boris on seeing the light. Of course Gary McKinnon is no terrorist but he’s no computer genius either. The files he hacked into were not top secret but administration ones. Point to

http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/up-against-it–gary-mckinnon/ for the full story.

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:50:52 +0000

I am amazed that David Attenborough holds those views as a semi-atheist. Being so close to nature I had been sure that he’d be keenly aware of the miracle of life and associate with an outside entity

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By: angela

angela — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:59:45 +0000

In yesterday’s Express, David Attenborough, once a confirmed atheist, has changed his stance. He now believes that we are not advanced enough to understand most of the secrets of the universe. There could be a larger entity that exists beyond our understanding. I am convinced that this is true and it is so arrogant to dismiss the likelihood of God, aliens, ANYTHING. We cannot blindly believe, but it is incredibly stupid to dismiss the possibility.

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By: Spidey

Spidey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:59:59 +0000

Good for you Boris, standing up for Gary McKinnon. The whole case, and the way he’s being treated and what he’s being threatened with has been upsetting me since I heard about it.

It really is over the top and cruel.

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By: dcingram

dcingram — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:59:38 +0000

Boris, a small correction.
Extraordinary renditions were also done under the Clinton presidency. The most notable was the World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef who was rendered in 1995 by Pakistan to the USA.

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By: Kevin Peat

Kevin Peat — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:46:50 +0000

Off topic again, Boris.

So bankers are responsible for the credit crunch now, are they ? (I heard you on the radio)

Well actually I think it was an issue of poor government regulation. I, and many bloggers, had been warning of a crash. Was no-one in the corridors of Westminster concerned about the fact that the average house was costing 10x average yearly income ??? More to the point WHY ?

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