Gary McKinnon- computer hacker -- nuts, evil or hero?

[DELUSIONAL]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4715612.stm

Short story -- the US is trying to extradite Gary McKinnon from England because he hacked into US military computers (Microsoft Windows made the systems vulnerable). Was his aim to destroy the military computer's systems OR was he trying to locate proof of UFOs?

By the late 1990s, Mr McKinnon decided to use his hacking skills to do what he calls "research" on an issue he firmly believes in. Mr McKinnon told the BBC that he is convinced that the United States government is withholding critical information about Unidentified Flying Objects.

"It wasn't just an interest in little green men and flying saucers," said Mr McKinnon. "I believe that there are spacecraft, or there have been craft, flying around that the public doesn't know about."

Mr McKinnon further explained that he believes the US military has reverse engineered an anti-gravity propulsion system from recovered alien spacecraft, and that this propulsion system is being kept a secret.

In that sense, Mr McKinnon said he sees his own hacking as "humanitarian." He said he only wanted to find evidence of a UFO cover-up and expose it. He called the alleged anti-gravity propulsion system "extra-terrestrial technology we should have access to".

Strange story . . . is Mr. McKinnon -- nuts or evil or a hero?

[Canuckistanian]

1. A little batty, pehaps

But not evil. I kinda admire the guy, he's a true hacker in his stated intentions.

Most hackers are not malicious, but the term has morphed into meaning destructive in nature.

[Not Sure]

2. None of the above...

but his antics make me wish some motivated "humanitarian hackers" would take down the credit bureaus, credit card companies and HMOs instead of seeking out evidence of intelligent life on another planet. It seems to me the search for intelligent life should begin on this planet first. Root out the real villains then aim for the stars...;)