McKinnon's last appeal has failed

Re:McKinnon's last appeal has failed by jodrellblank on Friday July 31, 2009 @10:51AM (#734518)

The contention is between his claim that he's a bumbling computer nerd who accessed open unsecured computers and did no damage, and the military claim that he perpetrated the biggest military computer hack ever, rendered 300 computers unusable after 9/11 (?!), deleted weapons logs and caused $700,000 damages.

Which consequences are you ranting that he should deal with, exactly?

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Re:McKinnon's last appeal has failed by mynameishere on Friday July 31, 2009 @10:53AM (#734522)

I'm not ranting. FYI, "bumbling" is not a legal defense.

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Re:McKinnon's last appeal has failed by jodrellblank on Friday July 31, 2009 @11:12AM (#734566)

Then you aren't making much point at all. He's not arguing to be let off, he's arguing to be tried in the UK instead of being extradited to the US. Which means he is going to "deal with the consequences", so your comment says ... nothing at all.

What it does do, though, is post the subtext "I wasn't shocked because I'm awesome, and he's a big girl's blouse who needs to grow up into a real man like me", like any generic internet tough guy post. i.e. a rant about how weak and pathetic you think other people are (compared to you). Basically.

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