Brown urged to intervene in 'hacker' extradition case

Posted: Thursday November 20, 2008, 08:44

Gordon Brown was yesterday urged to intervene in proceedings to extradite an alleged computer hacker to the United States.

Gary McKinnon, from Wood Green, north London, faces up to 70 years in prison if he is found to have hacked into and damaged 97 US navy, army, Nasa and Pentagon computers.

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