Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, explains the reasons he cannot stop Garry McKinnon's extradition. Writing in the Sunday Times, he emphasises the fact that it would be unlawful for the home secretary to intervene to prevent his extradition.
He also mentions that the court was clear Garry McKinnon should be tried in the United States because the crimes he is accused of committing - although they were conducted from a computer in his bedroom in the UK - did not remotely affect people in this country. They affected critical government security systems in America.
The article reveals no 'new' information which will be of help to the McKinnon campaign to have the case held in the UK. I should think they already know Mr Johnson's thoughts.
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