Computer activist Lauri Love loses appeal against US extradition
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#1TZ59)
Love, 31, who has Asperger syndrome, could face a 99-year prison sentence for hacking into missile defence centres
Lauri Love, the student accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US missile defence agency, Nasa and the Federal Reserve, has lost his appeal against extradition to America.
Judge Nina Tempia said the 31-year-old, who has Asperger syndrome, could be cared for by "medical facilities in the United States prison estate" and implied that he should answer the "extremely serious charges" in the country where the damage was inflicted.