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Briton faces 60 years in US prison after hacking into Pentagon

guardian.co.uk » 2008 » July » 26th » Briton faces 60 years in US prison after hacking into Pentagon

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When he wakes up this morning, Gary McKinnon will be 72 hours from learning whether he is on the fast track to a 60-year prison sentence, thanks to his obsession with aliens. McKinnon, 42, from Enfield in north London, is accused by American prosecutors of illegally accessing top-secret computer systems in what they claimed in one legal document was 'the biggest military computer hack of all … Continue Reading »

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