Why did Gary McKinnon hack into 97 computer systems that belong to the Pentagon, NASA and the US military? He claimed that he wanted to find evidence that the US was covering up UFO encounters.

McKinnon hacked into Earle Naval Weapons Station in New Jersey shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The US government has indicted him and began its extradition proceedings in 2005. For some reason, the governments have not accused him of terrorist attacks. McKinnon faces 60 years in a US maximum security prison if he does not agree to a plea bargain and the prosecutors turn this into a terrorist case.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk