Is Gary McKinnon really a computer nerd?

I find it rather tiresome that certain elements of the media and several "D" list celebrities are playing up Gary McKinnon's disabilities and continually describing him as just a computer nerd. I appreciate that we have a totally unbalanced extradition treaty with the U.S. courtesy of the present Labour Government, which should never have negotiated it in such unequal terms, but the facts of the matter remain. Mr McKinnon hacked into the computers of NASA and the Pentagon - probably two of the most important and sensitive computer systems in the United States. The fact that he was able to do this clearly shows he was far from incapable. Did he not think that this quest for UFO information was being obtained illegally and as such, once caught a prosecution would surely follow? He has committed an illegal act and now, plain and simple, he must deal with the consequences and face trial in the U.S.

Alan Johnson must be mad

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has today purportedly stated that it would be a "no brainer" not to obtain one of the proposed new identity cards. These will not be compulsory. What would be a no brainer Mr Johnson, is for anyone to risk giving personal and sensitive information to any Government Department. Discs of highly confidential information have been lost in offices and on route between offices via courier companies, briefcases containing highly sensitive documents have been left on trains and the wife of the incoming head of MI6 Sir John Sawers thought nothing of splattering information about her family all over Facebook. Does Mr Johnson honestly believe any sane person in this county would provide the government with any information they did not legally have to provide?

Ronnie Biggs must do his time

Ronnie Biggs must not be released on compassionate grounds. He is still unrepentant after all these years and shows no remorse. It is disgraceful that after having evaded justice for so many years and lived the life of a free man in Brazil he be allowed to die peacefully at a place of his own choosing. This would not be justice - he must serve his time for the crime he committed.