To the folks explaining Asps disease... did the disease cause him to commit the crime he is accused of? Of course not, he is using the "disease" to avoid the ramifications and consequences of his actions!

I don't think people with Asps disease should go to jail nor do I see that in anyone's comments.... I do have this insane rationale that people who COMMIT CRIMES SHOULD GO TO JAIL, and Asps disease should not be an excuse to avoid punishment/accountability for that crime.

So Paul don't be ignorant and be an excuse monger... Aspergers did not cause him to commit the crime. Had he killed someone's loved one in a perfectly sane state and then said well I shouldn't be sent to jail because I can't handle it psychologically - should we just say OK, here's a lollipop, hope you don't commit any more crimes as we can't lock you up! 

Apparently he has a built in excuse to commit any crime that would result in incarceration - thank you Paul, can I have another?

Again, if he is arguing the merits of the case - I have no problem with that. If he is basically not contesting his guilt and saying he shouldn't be extradited because he can't handle the punishment... well then don't commit the crime in the first place! 

Don't worry though - the bleeding heart liberals will not let anything happen... It's not his fault.. it's the system's fault...the gov'ts fault.. the diet he was exposed to as a child... the violence on TV... no wait it was the little green men... anything of course but his own fault! It's not like a person should be held responsible for his own actions....

With Gary shipped off to the U.S. for prosecution, his fanboys will have a cause for their crusade to spare Gary from personal accountability. If the Asswipe defense doesn't work, maybe they can claim that breaking and entering isn't really a crime? Let's see who they can convince of this fantasy.

Ugh, the comments people have been leaving because they simply do not understand a mental disorder.

Aspergers, is a mental disorder where their learning curve is not the same as regular people. They do have a curiosity to learn, but are unable to interact with people because of this disability.

Saying people with Aspergers should go to jail is akin to saying you should incarcerate your child at the age of 5.

Listen people, if you're going to make a quick decision about things, at least read up on the things you don't know. 
Don't be ignorant, or else you'll end up like Bush.

.. telling us how much McKinnon will love his best friend "bubba".

Disappointing.

A note he left on a US computer with Wiki as my source...

"US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days... It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand-down on September 11 last year... I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels."

I completely agree as all evidence clearly points to massive corruption of the (not our) government here in America.

...and Obama is simply yet another part of their plan. If I had to guess the last two legit presidents I'd have to go with Kennedy and Carter as it's clear the forces that be wish to maintain their iron grip over us.

What is the saying? God save the queen! How about something a little more realistic: People save the people!

Oh how people cling to vain hope, grasping thin air.

"Asperger's Syndrome, a psychological condition that will make it hard for him to bear the pressures of incarceration."

What kind of bullshit diagnosis is this?

Would the British want us to extradite an American who hacked into their military? I bet they would, and I know we would comply.

I have no sympathy for this dumbass, i=he should got to jail, if for nothing else......just being so stupid!

Maybe he can get a reduced sentence if he agrees to help the pentagon secure their data! LOL

Wow... this may top the twinkie defense... I shouldn't be extradited and face possible prison because psychologically I may not be able to handle prison well?!?

It's one thing to argue the merits of the case... but come on! What if he had killed someone, or raped someone? In theory his "legal" argument should still hold, no? Wouldn't he still be psychologically unable to handle incarceration (regardless of the crime)?

At what point does someone say... well perhaps you shouldn't have committed the crime (allegedly?) in the first place. All we need now is for Obama's Hollywood buddies to get involved and start campaigning 'for the cause'.

Blue blood and rain 
I can hear the bugle playin' 

CHORUS: 
We seen the last of Good Potus Dubya
Ring out the past his name lives on
Roll out the skull & bones 
And raise up your pitcher 
Raise up your glass 
To Good Potus OB-1

While Dubya plundered far and wide 
All his starving children cried 
And though we sung his blame 
We all went hungry just the same 

Raise up your glass to Good King OB-1

All you cowboys and your neighbors 
Can you swallow up your pride?

You don't have to try so very hard 
If you live in this world 
You're feelin' the change of the guard 

97 American military computers can't all be wrong_ There must have been something entrancing about McKinnon's "open sesame". If you leave your mobile lying about in a tempting manner at any McDonalds, foreign and domestic, the cook's gotta have a butchers; that's just the unspoken Hamburger common law. It is not as if Gary uploaded pictures of naked ETs [aliens] working alongside winqy Yanks in the US military. You have done that yourself. But the aliens was so cute, an McKinnon fancied himself a coddle of a different kettle of fish; Herring lies the rub, Chippie it'n't'it? If UFOs are nonsense why have they come down so hard on McKinnon? Joe American has never heard of Gary McKinnon, as news is spoon-fed, and often lacks a certain something worth its salt. There are space craft, or there have been craft, flying around that the public doesn't know about: how the US military has reverse engineered an anti-gravity propulsion system into an anti-anti-gravity pulse drive, and all from recovered alien space crafts, and that this propulsion system is being kept a top military secret, absent from airshow demos (which is unlawful, internationally), when they (USAF/USMC) should be righting a Net Bio (or it could be ghost written). In fact, Gary, may have been abducted by aliens, injected with alien DNA, and fear that US extradition will expose him to further probes. McKinnon worked at the investment banking arm of JPMorgan for a time (where “the guys on the trading floor treated [him] like the tea lady". What Gary really should have been in search of, was a cuppa. He should never have been phishing about with Joe, the MCE. Don't conker congers. That MS wizard's just a crazy old man. Help Gary McKinnon, Ob-1; you're his only hope. That's no moon; this aren't the druids you're looking for.

Day-o, Day-o
Daylight come and we want go home
Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o
(Daylight come and we want go home)

Come Mister Tally Man, Tally him bananas.
(Daylight come and ET phone home)

Gary needs to get over himself and be a man. He hacked, got caight and now it's time to be punished for his crimes. End of story.

It is simply sick that the EU (including the UK) cannot prosecute criminally this guy and then put an end to the whole affair. I do not want a European Union where a person gets extradited into a country which utilises torture and even murders people.