'Homeless hacker' says he'll accept plea bargain

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By Declan McCullagh 
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
January 5, 2004

Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker accused of breaking into 
The New York Times' computer network, is planning to appear in court 
Thursday to accept a plea bargain. 

Lamo, who is facing a pair of federal felony charges for allegedly 
breaking into The Times' network and running up the bill on a 
subscriber-only news-archiving service, surrendered to the FBI in 
September and is out on bail. 

In a telephone interview Monday, Lamo said the plea bargain could 
include a sentence of six months of home detention. Under federal 
guidelines, a judge has significant discretion in sentencing a 
defendant, and the plea agreement does not include a specific 
recommendation. 

"The alternative would essentially destroy my family," Lamo said, 
adding that, "I've always said that for every action I've ever taken, 
I'm willing to own up to the consequences." 

Lamo's court-appointed public defender, Sean Hecker, confirmed that a 
court hearing for a plea bargain was scheduled for Thursday but would 
not provide details about the proposed agreement. The hearing is 
scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EST before U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald 
in New York, Hecker said. 

Lamo is known for his homeless-hacker lifestyle. Before the courts 
ordered him to return to the Sacramento, Calif., area to live with his 
parents, Lamo had no fixed address and instead wandered around the 
United States on Greyhound buses, sleeping on friends' couches and, 
when necessary, staying in vacant or derelict buildings. 



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