Cabinet to review UK/USA extradition treaty

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The unfair extratition treaty with the US is to be reviewed by the Brown government.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/02/nbrown 302.xml

[xmasdale]

Also Janis (Gary McKinnon's mum) writes:

I just found out from Gary (which has been confirmed by Gary's solicitors) that our Ex Home Secretary John Reid who has just left office along with Tony Blair, requested/was going to be a respondent against Gary in Garys case.
Fortunately Gary's solicitor had her objections upheld and John Reid is now not allowed to be a respondent
but it makes you wonder what's going on when the Ex Home Secretary wants to be a respondent against Gary. What's going on & where's the impartiality?

I honestly fail to understand why John Reid would actually want to be a respondent against Gary, especially as he has now left office. This makes me even more worried.

[Mark Gobell]

Interesting timing.

The Nat West Three were extradited on 13.7.6

The Telegraph's article "reveals" a review of the US/UK extradition policy, (ratified by the US Senate exactly 33 months after the 2003 Extradition Treaty came into force) that was announced on 1.7.7

That's 11 months and the 19th day.

One has to be so careful when appearing to look at something full in the face, otherwise our face value paradigm could be shifted somewhat.