http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/561/1050561/veteran-nasa-hacker-catcher-lay-gary By Mark Ballard The Inquirer 22 January 2009 BRITISH AUTHORITIES should not allow Pentagon Hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to the US unless they want him to suffer inhumane treatment, a retired agent who investigated hackers for the mysterious NASA Office of Inspector General writes in THE INQUIRER today. Joseph Richard Gutheinz, Jr., now a practising defence lawyer and tutor, retired from NASA with commendations for his OIG work exposing $200 million of frauds, leading a Federal task force of nine agencies, catching astronaut impersonator Jerry Whittredge, and rooting out smugglers of multi-million dollar rocks collected from the moon. He's spent years bagging criminals, is a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association, and told the INQ that if malicious hackers got access to US NASA and military secrets, it could "undermine the free world". Yet he thinks Gary McKinnon should not be extradited to face hacking charges in the US. Here's why: I am retired NASA Office of Inspector General Senior Special Agent. I have seen the harm that illegal hacking has caused. I was even trained by the United States Government to hack into computers to understand the psyche and techniques used by hackers. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:11:33 PST
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