Friday, April 28, 2006

Terrorist or UFO Truth Seeker?

To the United States, he is a seriously dangerous man who put the nation's security at risk by committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time."

But Briton Gary McKinnon says he is just an ordinary computer nerd who wanted to find out whether aliens and UFOs exist.


The NSA should hire this guy, show him what he wants to see (real or otherwise) and exploit his expertise.

2 comments:

razorsmile said...

And the Scifi Channel should make a show about it.

Mac said...

Of course, one can't take this at face value but still....

He's obviously technically competent. Maybe his account of ET tech is actually more plausible than most despite the ever-present will to believe.

BTW, Ken MacLeod has a wonderful take on hacking alien technology in his novel "Cosmonaut Keep."