British hacker wins right to challenge US extradition

The British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has today won permission to launch a fresh high court challenge against attempts to extradite him to America.The ruling will delay legal moves to remove him from the UK. McKinnon, 42, from Wood Green, north London, faces a lifetime in jail if sent for trial in the US.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/23/british-hacker-gary-mckinnonUK Pentagon hacker can challenge U.S. extradition
A British computer expert accused by the United States of the “biggest military hack of all time” won the right on Friday to launch a new legal challenge against plans to extradite him.Gary McKinnon was arrested in 2002 after U.S. prosecutors charged him with illegally accessing computers, including the Pentagon, U.S. army, navy and NASA systems, and causing $700,000 worth of damage.
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