Lord Carlile sides with McKinnon in extradition battle

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Influential QC asks home secretary to keep hacker in the UK

McKinnon faces extradition to the US Lord Carlile of Berriew, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism laws, has spoken out against the proposed extradition of London hacker Gary McKin...

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