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No further action for computer hacker McKinnon

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will face no further criminal action.

Britain's Home Secretary rejected a request from the US to extradite the 46-year-old to face charges there earlier this year.

The Aspergers sufferer from north London admits breaking into US government computers but says he was looking for evidence of UFOs.