- 'LONDON (AFP) -- He's alleged to be the biggest
military computer hacker of all time, but the Briton facing extradition
to the United States on charges of breaking into high-security US military
computers was looking for no more than proof that UFOs really do exist,
his lawyer says.
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- Gary McKinnon, arrested in London on Tuesday, had been
indicted in 2002 on eight counts of computer-related crime in 14 states
by a US federal grand jury.
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- He faces extradition on allegations he broke into 53
US military and NASA computers between February 2001 and February 2002.
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- "Mr McKinnon is charged with the biggest military
computer hack of all time," said Paul McNulty, a US district attorney
in the state of Virginia. Downloading sensitive information, making the
US military district of Washington "inoperable," deleting about
1,300 user accounts and stealing 950 passwords are among the allegations
he faces.
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- One count alleges that McKinnon- known as "Solo"
online - obtained secrets which could have been "directly or indirectly
useful to an enemy" of the United States.
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