UK News 09-06-2005 who: Alleged hacker Gary McKinnon what: Faces extradition to US for breaking into top-security US military computers where: Bow Street Magistrates` Court, LONDON when: Wednesday snippet: The 39 year-old is alleged to have accessed 97 government computers over a one-year period, including the US army network at Fort Myer, Virginia, and allegedly causing $700,000 (£370,000) worth of damage. "District Judge Christopher Pratt granted McKinnon bail to reappear for an extradition hearing on July 27," says PA reporter Jane Kirby in article published online by The Independent. The Sun`s mike Sullivan says McKinnon is a "UFO nut" who "was searching for evidence that America had covered up visits to Earth by aliens". [... more]

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