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This is very good news and one would hope that this prompts a review of the very one sided extradition treaty. I suspect, however, that a closed door deal as been struck over another UK citizen (like...
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So one wonders if an adviser clued her into the idea that if he committed suicide it would be the end of her career. That appeasing the US government hasn't really done much for their standing, and...
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Not completely dead but it will be soon if the Tories continue doing what they are doing.
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I have Asperger's myself,I take it offense when people refer to illness,When it's variation of neurological types.
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and here's what Techdirt looked like back when this story came out: http://web.archive.org/web/20020601150408/http://techdirt.com/
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Of course, there's talk also of 'streamlining' the future extradition process. Call me a cynic but it wouldn't surprise me if a backroom deal had been done to let this little fish go with a promise...
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Wow, a government pays attention to public opinion! There's hope left in the world after all. The Guardian blog mentions, though, that Theresa May is looking nervously over her shoulder at the rabid...
View ArticleAs long as they are dragged into court, it doesn't matter.
If they'll be charged with something in the UK, they won't need to extradite them, and will take the credit for prosecution. If they can't, or won't, be charged in the UK, they'll happily send them...
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...ok, but what happened to the file sharer? o'dwyer? haven't heard anything about him lately. kind of a kick in the teeth if they extradite him, but hold onto the kid who hacked the pentagon.
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The article doesn't mention the biggest news which is the introduction of a forum bar. From now onwards, if the US (or another country but, let's face it, it's always going to be the US) accuses a UK...
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It should be the case for the UK citizen to stand trial in the UK rather than be extradited to another country for a crime that they commit but what happens if what they did is not a crime in the UK or...
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It's not that unusual to see this happen, many countries are hesitant to extradite to the US because of concerns for the safety of inmates in the US. That being said, I think that "being depressed"...
View ArticleResponse to: Joe on Oct 16th, 2012 @ 4:57pm
I've been meaning to ask, is there a way to get to the older TD stories? I want to browse through your story archives. :)
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Asperger's is Autism Spectrum "Disorder". There's alot characters in media that are what are called Aspies. I was diagnosed with Asperger's 13 years ago when I was 18.
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Yes, I understand that. What do you think the chance is that Assange suddenly is is diagnosed with the same, in an attempt to curry favor with this politician? PS: I don't consider "aspies" to be...
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"I thought extradition only applied to terrorists and very serious crimes of murder etc." umm sharing 30 songs came with a fine of $675,000... I don't know anybody with that much life insurance. I'm...
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Actually, 30 songs could earn millions of dollars in revenue. $675,000 is actually a very small number compared to the potential market for those songs. The humble bundle for a a very few books is well...
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I think they are going to make it that if a person commits a crime while living in the UK the case must be heard in the UK, which can only be a good thing right.
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Sorry but it is an illness. where the brain is not working as it should.
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30 songs , lol depends on who you are talking to, if you are talking to the riaa and they are suing someone then it is worth a few million , if it is the riaa having to pay an artist it is only a few...
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Pfft prison rape is child's play.. Don't believe me? Go buy a airline ticket and you'll see. God bless the TSA right? It's not like hey you get to meet Bubba at lunch. Who's Bubba? Oh he is the guy...
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It just goes to show who's got more power out of the CIA & NASA, or the MPAA & the RIAA
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"potential" The word people always seem to miss in these arguments. Songs can *potentially* make that money if marketed properly. That is, it's possible but not every song does, not by a long shot. It...
View ArticleA really bad day for the rule of law
This move is immensely significant, as it represents the first time an extradition was blocked by a Home Secretary under the Extradition Act of 2003 There's a reason for this; the Home Secretary has...
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this whole episode basically showed how poor the security was at the places McKinnon hacked into. it made the US dpts concerned look bloody stupid and that isn't liked at all! the only reason the US is...
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Oh sure, so when someone says something disrespectful about a certain prophet, you can get criminally tried on behalf of Saudi Arabia, even though it's not a crime in the UK. Or get tried for posting a...
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Rapid tabloids do have their occasional uses, as long as they are safely quarantined the rest of the time.
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Or it could be the first steps in moving to a more realistic, humane and *fair* extradition agreement with the US.
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No it's a spectrum - evryone is on it somewhere. At one end there is extreme autism at the other is so called "normal" - but most people are a few clicks off that end. The question of how the brain...
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Define "working as it should"? It is working as it should, just working differently. Given the subject matter of this site, I'd suggest a substantial number of contributors would figure somewhere along...
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"Voting for Romney would be a better indicator of mental illness." Haw Haw Haw, u so funny. Oh wait, nevermind.
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A hacker can stay home but a simple student who was file sharing must be extradited.. Sounds fair.
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I think it's funny that the UK was going to extradite a whistle blower to Sweden for questioning in a trumped up sex charge but for person that has been confirmed of a committed crime not to be...
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One can argue that a lot of things -- pedophilia, e.g. -- are spectra. That does not mean that they aren't *also* disorders. Now that I've done a Godwin's equivalent, everyone's going to whine 'straw...
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Of the two, I'd rather protections for the hacker. This may sound horrid, since the college student is arguably more 'innocent', but hackers work to change the world, liberate important information,...
View ArticleCrikey, chaps
The lovely Theresa can obviously recognise a vote loser when she sees one. All she needs to do now is to sort out the totally unjustified extradition approval on Richard O'Dwyer. This should be...
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