Has nobody thought this exceptional criminal mind could be an asset to government agencies and national security agencies?. He's already proved he can hack anything!

This guy could probably trace the source of these loopy Nigerian scams that are going on all over the world too and save a lot of people a lot of heartache.

Hackers? How many folk will really have any sympathy for this guy? Heaps and heaps no doubt.To all of us who have suffered at the hands of his ilk, perhaps 70years seems a little over the top? That he should get his derriere roasted is certain.
#1 You are advocating that crime should pay in his case, because he has an "exceptional criminal mind"?That is the modern disease, reverse the justice system in favour of the criminals.He did the crime, he may well "plead to a deal". Reckon 50years should be enough.

The point remains that he should not be extradited to America.

The Septics do not allow any of their people to be extradited to other countries, even murderers and rapists in their armed forces. Why, therefore should the English government allow this man to be extradited to America for what is, after all, a fairly minor crime by comparison.

The English government are a disgrace in allowing this extradition to take place. the sentence liable to be imposed by the Septics is totally out of proportion to the crime.

In addition, if the Septics are not capable of protecting their computer systems from one lone hacker, using a dial-up modem, what chance have they got against the likes of the Russians or Chinese? The fact that he managed it at all is due to utter negligence and incompetence on the part of the Septics.

Well, I would have liked to be in the position of offering him a job backdated to two years before he committed this so called crime. But unfortunately I am not into espionage, not the London Establishment and they are loathe to admit that the hackers from the US of A go through their files like foxes through a hen house. It is not unlikely that this was an entrapment situation. It is unlikely that he would be able to access any files that the CIA thought important, however I would think that they would assess the quality of the insertion. I would suggest that they "play the white man" rather than act like silly b#ggers. Remembering of course that he will not be employed in the UK, no old school tie.

(3) How right you are, it is a disgrace. There's nothing this pathetic government won't do to ingratiate itself with Bush and his coterie.