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Alleged NASA hacker's appeal set for New Year
The case will be heard in London on February 13, 2007. McKinnon has been waiting for this date to be confirmed since last July, when he lost his first appeal against extradition. The appeal court in that case judged that extradition to the U.S. was justified, after which McKinnon was granted leave to appeal to a higher court.
If his second appeal on February 13 is not successful, McKinnon's only remaining avenue is to appeal to the House of Lords, a British court of last resort, but he is not hopeful.
Gary McKinnnon
"Look what happened to the NatWest Three," he told ZDNet UK, CNET News.com's sister site, on Monday. "They had a lot of people behind them, but they were still not given leave to appeal to the House of Lords."
Page Not Found, who lives in London, is accused of hacking into 53 U.S. government computers, including some used by NASA, and causing $700,000 worth of damage.
McKinnon believes that he has little chance of being successful at his hearing in the New Year. "I don't have much faith in this government to act independently (of the U.S.)," he said.
The NatWest Three, also known as the Enron Three, were the first test case of the U.K.'s recent Extradition Act and were extradited to the U.S. on July 13. Theirs was the first case held under the act.
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If his second appeal on February 13 is not successful, McKinnon's only remaining avenue is to appeal to the House of Lords, a British court of last resort, but he is not hopeful.
Gary McKinnnon
"Look what happened to the NatWest Three," he told ZDNet UK, CNET News.com's sister site, on Monday. "They had a lot of people behind them, but they were still not given leave to appeal to the House of Lords."
Page Not Found, who lives in London, is accused of hacking into 53 U.S. government computers, including some used by NASA, and causing $700,000 worth of damage.
McKinnon believes that he has little chance of being successful at his hearing in the New Year. "I don't have much faith in this government to act independently (of the U.S.)," he said.
The NatWest Three, also known as the Enron Three, were the first test case of the U.K.'s recent Extradition Act and were extradited to the U.S. on July 13. Theirs was the first case held under the act.
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