Janis Sharp

Saving Gary McKinnon (eBook, ePUB)

A Mother's Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The ordinary lives of Gary McKinnon and his mother Janis changed dramatically one morning in 2002 when police interviewed Gary about hacking into US government computers. Three years later, on 7 June 2005, he was arrested. Extradition seemed certain and so, fearing that Gary would take his own life rather than be taken away, Janis began her extraordinary battle. Facing up to sixty years’ incarceration, Gary was vilified by the authorities, who described his actions as 'the biggest military computer hack of all time’. The truth was rather less dramatic - Gary was searching for signs of UFOs. When he discovered that thousands of NASA and Pentagon computers had no passwords or firewalls he started to leave notes warning that their security was deeply flawed. It was only in 2008 after a TV interview that an expert in autism phoned Gary’s solicitors and said he was sure that Gary was suffering from Asperger’s syndrome. The stakes were now even higher. The US judiciary had all the might of the world’s greatest power. But it had not reckoned on Gary’s mother. This is the story of how one woman squared up not only to the Pentagon but also to the British judicial and political systems. It is a book about a mother who took on the world and won.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849546577
• Artikelnr.: 39934940

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword by Julie Christie
1. Out of the Blue
2. Life Before Technology
3. This is Music
4. Baby it's the First Time
5. First Love
6. Dreams of Cellophane
7. Fostering
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
11. Journey to Understanding
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
18. November 2010
Chapter 19
20. Extradition Human Rights and Medical Mischief
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Acknowledgments