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Lauri Love to be Extradited to the U.S.

posted by martyb on Saturday September 17 2016, @04:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the on-extraditing-Love dept.

takyon writes:

BBC reports:

An autistic man suspected of hacking into US government computer systems is to be extradited from Britain to face trial, a court has ruled. Lauri Love, 31, who has Asperger's Syndrome, is accused of hacking into the FBI, the US central bank and the country's missile defence agency. Mr Love, from Stradishall, Suffolk, has previously said he feared he would die in a US prison if he was extradited.

Also at Ars Technica , The Guardian , and Reuters . Here is the judgment against Love (PDF).

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  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by BK on Saturday September 17 2016, @08:22PM

    by BK (4868) on Saturday September 17 2016, @08:22PM (#403215)

    Well...

    So as near as I can tell, some dude who lives in a country with an historically cozy extradition relationship with the USA decided to poke at some stuff that USA cares about. Dumb. And to do so in a way that made it so he could be caught. Dumb. I thought that people with Ass Burgers [wikipedia.org] were smart?

    So he has supporters. The era of social media is amazing like that. And they think he is is being 'targeted' because he embarrassed people in power. So... yep. See... these people in power make laws and treaties and stuff. And breaking them is bad and may get you in trouble. And breaking them in a way that pokes those people is sure to cause you grief. So... how is this news? If this was some kind of protest then, good news, it's about to enter phase 3 (the jail phase) where they let you hunger-strike for the rest of your life! Fun times!

    But, in the UK this would only be 3 years in jail! Well... you didn't want to serve those 3 years either. I thought people with Asperger's were supposed to be smart?

    But he's depressed! And he has Ass Burgers! He'snot responsible! Well... personally, I hope he is delusional... because US law says he's not responsible if he didn't know he was doing a bad thing. He basically has to prove that he thought that he was entitled to access the US DOD and FBI and whatever. Fun times! Snot. I'd be depressed too!

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 18 2016, @12:26AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 18 2016, @12:26AM (#403254) Journal

    You've been moderated "disagree". I, for one, agree with you. At least in part.

    I can think of reasons why he should NOT be extradited, but ass burger has nothing to do with it. It's amazing to me how many people who decide to go head-to-head with Uncle Sam take the drama route, finding some reason why the public should sympathize with them. Just like the US, the UK seems to have raised a couple generations of special snowflakes.

    Depressed? Well, yeah, I guess. If I were a cannibal who had killed, roasted, and eaten a few hundred small children, I would be depressed too. Especially on the morning when they came to take me from death row to the little room where they jab needles into you and pump chemicals into your body.

    Hello, Drama Queens everywhere. No one gives a flying fuck about your petty personal problems!!