Saving Gary McKinnon: A Mother's Story
For ten years Gary McKinnon became the unwilling focus of Anglo–US diplomatic relations. A computer systems analyst living in London, he believed the US government was withholding vital information about the presence of UFOs. The unremarkable lives of he and his mother Janis changed dramatically one morning in March 2002 when Gary phoned to tell her that he had been arrested and was being interviewed about hacking into US government computers. Paul J. McNulty, the then-US Attorney for Virginia, announced that Gary was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 12 that year, and simultaneously announced that the United States intended to extradite him.

Two years later the US government filed a request for Gary's extradition and on June 7, 2005, he was arrested. Extradition to the United States seemed certain and so, fearing that Gary would kill himself rather than face being taken away to face seven counts of up to ten years each, Janis's extraordinary battle began.

Janis Sharp spent the following ten years fighting her son's extradition. In October 2012 she finally won. This was a spectacular victory for Janis and spoke volumes about her relentless fight. Saving Gary McKinnon is the true story of a mother's fight to save her son from living out the rest of his life behind bars. The US judiciary had all the might of the world's greatest power. But it had not reckoned on Gary's mother.


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Saving Gary McKinnon: A Mother's Story
For ten years Gary McKinnon became the unwilling focus of Anglo–US diplomatic relations. A computer systems analyst living in London, he believed the US government was withholding vital information about the presence of UFOs. The unremarkable lives of he and his mother Janis changed dramatically one morning in March 2002 when Gary phoned to tell her that he had been arrested and was being interviewed about hacking into US government computers. Paul J. McNulty, the then-US Attorney for Virginia, announced that Gary was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 12 that year, and simultaneously announced that the United States intended to extradite him.

Two years later the US government filed a request for Gary's extradition and on June 7, 2005, he was arrested. Extradition to the United States seemed certain and so, fearing that Gary would kill himself rather than face being taken away to face seven counts of up to ten years each, Janis's extraordinary battle began.

Janis Sharp spent the following ten years fighting her son's extradition. In October 2012 she finally won. This was a spectacular victory for Janis and spoke volumes about her relentless fight. Saving Gary McKinnon is the true story of a mother's fight to save her son from living out the rest of his life behind bars. The US judiciary had all the might of the world's greatest power. But it had not reckoned on Gary's mother.


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Overview

For ten years Gary McKinnon became the unwilling focus of Anglo–US diplomatic relations. A computer systems analyst living in London, he believed the US government was withholding vital information about the presence of UFOs. The unremarkable lives of he and his mother Janis changed dramatically one morning in March 2002 when Gary phoned to tell her that he had been arrested and was being interviewed about hacking into US government computers. Paul J. McNulty, the then-US Attorney for Virginia, announced that Gary was indicted in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 12 that year, and simultaneously announced that the United States intended to extradite him.

Two years later the US government filed a request for Gary's extradition and on June 7, 2005, he was arrested. Extradition to the United States seemed certain and so, fearing that Gary would kill himself rather than face being taken away to face seven counts of up to ten years each, Janis's extraordinary battle began.

Janis Sharp spent the following ten years fighting her son's extradition. In October 2012 she finally won. This was a spectacular victory for Janis and spoke volumes about her relentless fight. Saving Gary McKinnon is the true story of a mother's fight to save her son from living out the rest of his life behind bars. The US judiciary had all the might of the world's greatest power. But it had not reckoned on Gary's mother.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849545747
Publisher: Biteback Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 05/13/2014
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Janis Sharp: Janis Sharp is the mother of hacker Gary McKinnon. She is a musician and a foster carer. She lives in London, England.

Table of Contents

Foreword Julie Christie ix

1 Out of the Blue 1

2 Life before Technology 7

3 This Is Music 15

4 Baby, It's the First Time 21

5 First Love 31

6 Dreams Are Made of Cellophane 39

7 Fostering 49

8 Snatched 71

9 Paranoid Reality 89

10 Not an Ugly Duckling (a Swan) 99

11 Journey to Understanding 107

12 Presidents and Precedents 117

13 I Am Not a Number 133

14 Change the World 145

15 Licensed to Kill 153

16 May Day 171

17 All Change 187

18 Home Affairs 209

19 Stand Up 229

20 Human Rights and Human Wrongs 251

21 Jubilee for Justice 263

22 The Speech, the Letter and the Law 275

23 I Believe in Miracles 291

24 How It Feels to Be Free 307

Epilogue 315

Afterword Gary McKinnon 317

Acknowledgements 323

Index 327

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