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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 18 2016, @05:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 18 2016, @05:27AM (#403300)

    That's a very dangerous precedent.
    Up until now criminal proceedings have respected the idea of jurisdiction.
    This is a massive power grab by the US.

    Here's another more dangerous precedent: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-11/accused-russian-hacker-on-tropical-holiday-nabbed-by-u-s-agents [bloomberg.com]
    And another:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg#t=1m00s [youtube.com]

    I'd be less unhappy about it if the USA were really the good guys but they definitely aren't. Don't get me started on that.

    There are bankers and finance people who have done more damage to the US and the world, there's even more blood on their hands. Money laundering, theft, fraud and what happens to them? Nothing.