Go-ahead for hacker’s extradition

from the BBC

I think this is a good example of how far the US will go to pursue Hackers that attack them directly:

A US request to extradite a British computer hacker accused of the “biggest military hack of all time” has been granted by Home Secretary John Reid.

Gary McKinnon, who is accused of breaking into US government computer networks, has been fighting extradition since his arrest in November 2002.

full story here