Free Gary McKinnon

Amazing - but - it should be pointed out that the balloons in Question were actually released from outside Salisbury City F.C. on Election Day by myself and my partner and not on 3rd May as mentioned in this article.
I am extremely grateful for 'Stephanie' for using the attached labels and letting you guys at http://www.freegary.org.uk know about their journey.
Cliff.
When Nena sang about her 99 Red Balloons it was about her dislike of 'Border's' - it would appear that the #Freegary message also knows NO BORDERS!
You will find the actual moment the balloons left Salisbury here - http://cliffsull.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/freegary-balloons-my-election-day-vote-by-cliffsull/

Thankfully it wasn't one of the balloons released by Gary's friends and family.

They used balloons that weren't a threat to wildlie or aviation.

Also, how great about the tory/libdem coalition.

No more ID card scheme, no monitoring of net traffic without a warrant, and no third terminal at heathrow :)

Nefertiti , I totally agree that the scrapping of the new Heathrow runway and the ID Card fiasco and a fresh look at the Digital Economy (act/Bill) are welcome - but - I personally still see the single, yet biggest Civil Rights issue as being the Unlawful Extradition Treaty that was sneaked in as Law by the then Outgoing P.M. Tony Bliar (spelling intentional)

With regards the Balloons found in France , I think they were as much a threat to Aviation as an Icelandic dust cloud.

They were released as part of a nationwide attempt to show Solidarity with all at the London release on Mayday.

I also used Photo/Bio degradable balloons and the ribbon and paper used for the labels were 100% biodegradable.
I only point this out, given your 'definitive statement'on how Gary and his Mom Janis used balloons that were not a threat to wildlife or the environment.

I assume you must have thought I did not, Nefertiti (p.s. - your link back leads nowhere)?
But it should be noted that another staunch supporter of Gary Mckinnon's fight for proper Justice in his own country , a guy we know as 'Goldy' had his Balloon refused by his local Authority because they said "even Photodegradable Balloons" are still a risk to Wildlife.
(see article here) http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/Berwick-balloon-release-called-off.6273645.jp

It is time now for everyone to put pressure on the new leader/s to do something about Gary and put their pre-election promises into action!

I certainly hope that both David Cameron and Nick Clegg condemn plans to send Mr McKinnon to the U.S.

This whole case has been a ridiculous fiasco of legal blunders ever since the day I first started following it back in 2002.

I also feel very sorry for the extreme duress that McKinnon and his friends and family have had to endure for the past eight years of tainted legal issues.

Not to mention the implications on fundamental justice and civil liberties for all this case may alter if not corrected.

For the most part - this case has caused me to relinquish my faith in the system - observing how bias and select it has become.

Elle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7718479/Family-of-Gary-McKinnon-urge-new-Government-to-halt-extradition-to-US.html

The small number of balloons released in support of Gary are not a hazard to aircraft.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Air Navigation Order regulations allow you to release up to 1000 balloons "simultaneously" (defined as within 15 minutes from an area of a square kilometre) without asking for their permission.

If you write to the CAA giving 28 days notice, you can release thousands of them.

See The Air Navigation Order 2009 (No. 3015) section 163:

(8) A person must not cause or permit—

(a) a group of small balloons of more than 1000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site wholly or partly within the aerodrome traffic zone of a notified aerodrome during the notified operating hours of that aerodrome unless that person has given to the CAA at least 28 days previous notice in writing of the release;

(b)a group of small balloons of more than 2000 but not more than 10,000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site—

(i) within airspace notified for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; or

(ii) within the aerodrome traffic zone of a notified aerodrome during the notified operating hours of that aerodrome, except with the permission of the CAA; and

(c) a group of small balloons greater than 10,000 in number to be simultaneously released at a single site except with the permission
of the CAA.

(9) In this article—

(a)‘day’ means the time from half an hour before sunrise until half an hour after sunset (both times exclusive), sunset and sunrise being
determined at surface level; and

(b)‘simultaneously released at a single site’ means the release of a specified number of balloons during a period of not more than 15
minutes from within an area not more than 1 km square.

Civil Aviation Authority contact page

I am a father of a unique autistic child. I can feel the pain Gary's mother will have to let her son to go through all this.

This is absurd, Gary is a sufferer and he cannot bear all this pain.

The Americans are people whose hearts are hardened, no matter what, they always like to see the weak people are tortured in their justice system.

I plead to the new government of UK to keep Gary in UK and never allow one of your weakest and vulnerable person to be sent to a US jail. If you understand what he is suffering from you will instantly drop these charges. As a father of a sufferer, I know the pain they go through while they sometimes cannot bear the simplest burdens in their lives.

Have mercy.

41 pictures of the balloons released in support of Gary McKinnon on May 3rd at Harlech Castl, Gwynedd, Wales.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/projectbrainsaver/20100503MayDayForGaryMcKinnonDay#

I would like to congratulate you on the good fight. Perhaps the people on the other side of the atlantic should be thanking garry for exposing the lack of secuirity at their top secuirity headquaters, Surley they should be thinking that their systems are not as good as they would prefer or have the rest of us beleive, in light of the news coming from the wikileaks site, Garry's case seems to slip into a adrk corner so to speak in comparision to what is coming out now, maybe they should have taken action when their weaknessess were exposed and thanked you instead of hounding you. good luck.