The Garry McKinnon extradition case is turning from injustice into tragedy.
The Sunday Express reports:
David Gilmour pays for Gary McKinnon's psychiatric treatment
Sunday February 13,2011
By James MurrayPINK FLOYD star David Gilmour is paying for psychiatric treatment for troubled Gary McKinnon after he was suddenly refused NHS funding while he fights extradition to the US on charges of hacking into military computers.
The renowned guitarist, who supports mental health campaigns, decided to step in after the Asperger's Syndrome sufferer became a victim of budget cutbacks at a London NHS Trust.
Glasgow-born McKinnon, 45, faces up to 60 years in a US jail for breaking into Nasa and Pentagon computers in 2001 and 2002 while looking for evidence of UFOs. Until last month he had been receiving treatment from Asperger's expert Professor Jeremy Turk, who believes he will become a suicide risk if forced to go to America to face trial.
The intervention comes at a crucial time for Mr McKinnon. His mother, Janis Sharp, is preparing to disclose new evidence of mental illness in the family that could be used to stop the case against her son. Speaking to the Sunday Express, Ms Sharp praised the Pink Floyd star for his help, and insisted their fight against extradition would continue.
She said: "When I heard about the funding for Gary's psychiatrist being refused I was shell-shocked.
"The world economy is worse than people realise and people in this country are going to be hit by the cuts that haven't even fully kicked in yet. What will happen to other people with psychiatric problems if their funding is cut off?
"I'm so grateful to David Gilmour for helping Gary at such a crucial time."
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Elle
Basically, in my opinion, there is no difference between a police state and a state which pursecutes a citizen on an unsubstanciated allegation. To remove a national to foreign jurisdiction breaks the basic function of primal law - see magnacarta.
Most of the allegations listed appear to be fabricated. The wording is repeated for each count with only minor changes. The initial "authorization on a protected system" claim is false on an un-passworded system. Any installations, deletions and copies would have to be carefully preserved and would be difficult to prove as originating from an Administrator account that did not possess privledges on a system that had failed to protect administrator privledges! Any experienced IT Security professional knows that the only way to see the data is via log files, audit trails, trafic sniffers and such. But to prove that an ip or domain is unauthorized when it is an authorized ip or domain is impossible. And that any alleged evidence would have to be extracted from live systems and dated, encrypted and sealed to allow defense analysis by qualified IT Security personnel as well as qualified IT Forensic examiners to dispell any false inapplicable claims.
Aside from the nazi-like Extradition Treaty which allows citizen removal to possible H.R abuse situations without evidence, the abuse of government powers in general is a serious problem on this planet. The only way to prevent this is to open government. Full disclosure of information, all citizens vote on each bill and officials on camera at all times.
ALLEGATIONS
1.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges USArmy 160.145.40.25
-deleted approximately 1300user accounts
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
-deleted critical system files necessary for the operation of the computer
-copied a file containing usernames andencrypted passwords for the computer
-installed tools used for obtainingunauthorized access to computers
2.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges USArmy
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
-On several of the computers, thedefendant installed tools used for obtaining unauthorized access to computers
-deletedcritical system files necessary for the operation of the computers
-copied filescontaining unclassified information to his own computer
160.145.18.111
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.30.89
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.33.52
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.40.22
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.40.31
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.40.51
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.214.25
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.26
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.27
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.31
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.202
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.204
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
160.145.214.205
Fort McNair, Washington, DC
128.190.84.39
Alexandria, VA
128.190.130.16
Fort Belvoir, VA
128.190.178.21
Fort Belvoir, VA
128.190.224.22
Alexandria, VA128.190.253.68
Fort A.P. Hill, VA
134.11.65.17
Arlington, VA
134.11.65.33
Alexandria, VA
134.11.237.129
Arlington, VA
134.66.12.64
Fort Irwin, CA
140.153.67.5
Fort Polk, LA
140.153.61.133
Hinton, WV
140.183.2.14
Fort Belvoir, VA
140.183.220.75
Fort Belvoir, VA
141.116.58.63
Arlington, VA
141.116.204.150
Pentagon, Arlington, VA
141.116.230.88
Pentagon, Arlington, VA
150.177.124.5
Fort Meade, MD
150.177.193.130
Fort Meade, MD
150.177.193.248
Fort Meade, MD
155.213.1.201
Fort Benning, GA
155.213.4.100
Fort Benning, GA
155.213.11.46
Fort Benning, GA
160.145.28.84
Fort Myer, VA
160.145.102.216
Fort McNair, DC
160.147.41.166
Fort Belvoir, VA
160.147.126.16
Fort Belvoir, VA
160.147.126.180
Fort Belvoir, VA
160.147.131.150
Alexandria, VA
160.151.76.10
Arlington, VA
160.151.76.56
Arlington, VA
160.151.77.78
Arlington, VA
160.151.77.118
(160.151.76.128)
Arlington, VA
199.114.42.111
Rosslyn, VA
199.122.33.10
Alexandria, VA
199.122.33.24
Alexandria, VA
199.122.41.3
Fort Meade, MD
199.122.45.7
Alexandria, VA
204.34.24.217
Great Lakes, MI
214.3.73.14
Alexandria, VA
3.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges US NAvy
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
-On several of the computers, thedefendant installed tools used for obtaining unauthorized access to computers
-deleted system logs
144.247.5.1
Groton, CT
144.247.5.22
Groton, CT
144.247.5.6
Groton, CT
144.247.5.14
Groton, CT
144.247.5.17
Groton, CT
144.247.5.11
Groton, CT
144.247.5.5
Groton, CT
144.247.5.40
Groton, CT
144.247.5.29
Groton, CT
144.247.5.4
Groton, CT
144.247.5.10
Groton, CT
144.247.5.8
Groton, CT
144.247.5.3
Groton, CT
144.247.5.7
Groton, CT198.97.72.252
Patuxent River, MD
199.211.89.77
(199.211.89.146)
Crystal City, VA
131.158.84.161
Patuxent River, MD
131.158.65.9
Bethesda, MD
204.34.154.59
Pearl Harbor, HI
199.211.163.7
Wayne, PA
4.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges NASA
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
-On several of the computers, thedefendant installed tools used for obtaining unauthorized access to computers
-deleted system logs
-copied a file containing usernames and encrypted passwords
192.42.75.135
Hampton, VA128.157.55.97
Houston, TX
198.122.128.114
Houston, TX
139.169.118.33
Houston, TX
139.169.118.28
Houston, TX
139.169.18.77
Houston, TX
128.183.158.148
Greenbelt, MD
198.116.200.1
Huntsville, AL
198.119.37.16
Greenbelt, MD
128.155.18.249
Hampton, VA
192.150.38.45
Moffett Field, CA
192.150.38.14
Moffett Field, CA
192.150.38.51
Moffett Field, CA
192.150.38.125
Moffett Field, CA
128.183.144.73
Greenbelt, MD
198.116.36.16
Herndon, VA
5.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges DOD
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
150.177.2.192
Fort Meade, MD
150.177.178.130
Fort Meade, MD
6.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges USAF
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
209.22.51.6
Crystal City, VA
7.
-without authorization
-intentionally accessed protected computer then obtained administrator privileges companies
-installed RemotelyAnywhere
-On some of the computers, thedefendant installed tools used for obtaining unauthorized access to computers
204.2.33.22
Houston, TX
Tobin International
128.169.32.181
Knoxville, TN
University of Tennessee
206.245.175.40
Wayne, PA
Frontline Solutions
206.218.158.90
LaFourche, LA
Louisiana Technical College
206.166.40.243
Colfax, IL
Martin Township Library
206.245.141.46
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem Public Library