745 people have signed the FreeGary pledge on PledgeBank
'I, George, will Make a Representation to the Home Secretary on behalf of Gary McKinnon but only if 10 United Kingdom voters will do likewise.'
Thankyou to everyone who signed this pledge, promising to make a Representation to the Home Secretary on behalf of Gary McKinnon, so that he is not unfairly extradited to the USA, but has the chance to be tried properly in a British Court of Law.
The Extradition Act 2003 section 93 Secretary of State's consideration of case specifies a 6 week "permitted period" from the Qualifying Date i.e. from Wednesday 10th May when Gary last appeared at his last Extaradition Hearing (not a trial) at Bow Street Magistrates' Court, after which time the Home Secretary is no longer obliged by law to take any Representations into consideration. He has up to 2 months to make his decision, so any Represenations made after this 6 week period may either be too late i.e. the decision will have been made, or, given how busy the Home Secretary is at the moment, they will almost certainly be ignored.
Please send any Representations to reach the Home Office by Wednesday June 21st 2006.
Realistically this means that letters should be posted no later than Monday 19th June.
What is a "Representation" ? It can be a simple one line letter or email saying "Please do not let Gary McKinnon be extradited to the USA", or it can be lengthy and detailed legal arguments about the inequality of the the current UK-US extradition arrangements, British sovereignty, and proportionate natural justice etc. It is up to you - a hundred letters in people's own words carry more weight than a form letter signed by a thousand.
You can send an email or a letter to:
Home Secretary Rt Hon. John Reid MP
c/o Direct Communications Unit
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
(N,B. public DOT enquiries ....)
Telephone: 020 7035 4848 (09:00-17:00 Mon-Fri)
Fax: 020 7035 4745
Minicom: 020 7035 4742 (09:00-17:00 Mon-Fri)
website: Home Office Contacts page
Although this is the 21st Century, letters by post still seem to literally carry more weight, with civil servants and politicians, than emails do.
If you do send an email, remember to check the Read Receipt option in your email software if you can.
Your name and address on the letter or email will help to convince the civil servants who will be filtering these, that you are serious, although if you feel intimidated by the Home Office, at least your first name and town or city would be better than an unsigned letter.
If you do get any interesting replies to your letters, please forward the details here to the FreeGary.org.uk website (info@FreeGary.org.uk) or post them as comments below, for publication (without personal details) so that people can see whether the Home Office are taking this case seriously or not.
Dan
Is that homeoffice email correct?
fg
@ Dan - it is now , thanks !
The Home Office's public email address should really be as short as possible, but for no good reason they are using their Government Secure Intranet (.gsi.gov.uk) address alias to receive emails from the public.
Eochaidh MacDhalaigh OghaChruithne
Thursday 15 June 2006
From my own experience, I've found that when I tie my political crimes to any crimes committed by agents of the American government, the American government covers up my crimes--Ooops, I meant my "political" crimes.
If Gary wasn't totally wasted on bad beer (lager?? Any amount of alcohol shrinks the brain according to the BPC or is it the BBC--I can't remember? But, at least dark beer tastes good) and wasted on proven memory erasing drugs, he should try to remember any information concerning crimes by the U.S. military, that he saw during his hacks.
If he can remember any to tell his solicitor, DON'T even dream of grey-mailing the U.S. government. He doesn't have to. You see, the U.S. government is so powerful that it doesn't negotiate, co-operate, or communicate. It'll just drop the charges and ignore him. It's that all-powerful.
I'm not advocating that Gary continue to commit politica crimes if he can connect crimes committed by members of the U.S. government to his crimes--Ooops, I meant his "political" crimes. What I am posting is that Gary is not that bad of a bloke, but his new friends in the Pentagon are.
Paul
I sent an e-mail too...couldn't see any obvious links on the site for signing any online pledge but i sent an e-mail anyway. I hope this hero gets out. I hope more hackers give it a go. Hopefully have more success.
Lordcanti
Gary should not go to jail. he is a great man, a brilliant man, if the government is trialing him then he must of seen something he shouldn't have. I dislike our gov't very much. i think someone should continue his work and bring down the secrets the government(s) hide from us. LONG LIVE GARY
Nando
Don't let USA kill such a brilliant brain like this!
Bill
Gary is only confirming what Dr. Steven Greer of the disclosure project.org has said there is a coverup of UFO's from High places, Higher than the US Government!!!! its all about FREE ENERGY!!!! This is Gary's crime!! exposing the TRUTH!!!!! Dr. Greer is writting a paper on Gary's behalf I believe!!!
Sean
its sad to see this happen, when the US gov start to flex their muscles and take someone down just so it will prove a point to everyone else, hack and we shall come for you, its totally wrong, gary should not be extradited!
http://ibox-security.net/blog/?s=gary+mckinnon
Mike Harris
Its a crime that such a man can possibly be whisked away without anybody actually listening. If we wanted a US person extradited then we would never get him. On another point, the US government does keep these secrets, and why the bloody so called "Free Media" ignore the information available is beyond me. Another Knife in the word democracy and another feather in the cap for the national security state.
smokher
Freedom for Gary...!NO Extradiction..!
smokher - Rome - Italy
FG
I find it hard to understand how the US government can 'prove' that any damage was done.
Given the obvious conflict of interest for an unbiased trial, and the ease with which evidence can be 'manufactured', essentially amounting to numbers on magnetic media, how can anything they bring before the court be trusted?
t8p
Once again the UK bows to US pressure. Lucky for all the hackers, we have Tony Blair in charge. Now Gary will be put in the orange jumpsuit and left in Guantanamo...
I'm disgusted this sort of thing can be allowed to go on in 21st centuary Britain.
martunet
How can a hairdresser drunk and yonqui man get into the most secure net in the world?
Brian
The trouble with the UK government is that they are blindly subservient to the US.
You want us to join a war in Iraq Mr. Bush, OK we'll lie to the UK public and get our troops into Iraq. You want us to sell your genetically modified foods Mr. Bush...Oh the public aren't believing our lies any more. You want us to extradite our citizens Mr. Bush without the safeguards you'd require for your citizens Mr. Bush - OK Sir, yes Sir - we have no pride in the UK... OK Tony lick my a*** ...yes Mr. Bush Sir, of course Sir !!