Re: BBC: UK hackers condemn McKinnon trial

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 9 May 2006, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Cornali Remo:
>
> > Accused of hacking into US military computer networks, Mr McKinnon this
> > week is expected to find out if he is to be extradited for trial in the
> > US. 
>
> Is Mr McKinnon a citizen of the United Kingdom?  If yes, why does the
> UK extradite its citizens?  IMHO, this is a very strange thing to do
> for an independent nation.

Not strange at all. If a citizen of the UK commits a crime in another
country, it's normal to send him to the country where the crime was
committed for trial. The USA does the same - for example, Dr Popp (of the
AIDS diskette trojan) was extradited from the USA to the UK for trial
here.

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