Wikileaks: What the susman cables say

Dear HillaryPM Brown, in a one-on-one meeting with the ambassador, proposed a deal: that McKinnon plead guilty, make a statement of contrition, but serve any sentence of incarceration in the UK.

Brown cited deep public concern that McKinnon, with his medical condition, would commit suicide or suffer injury if imprisoned in a US facility.

Louis

Dear Hillary

McKinnon has gained enormous popular sympathy in his appeal against extradition; the UK's final decision is pending." he wrote.

The case has also caused public criticism of the US-UK extradition treaty.

Louis