Secondly, given the complexities raised by offering close political support from this field, it was feasible [and still is] to think of other ways to help out. I realise it's a huge task as it essentially meant taking on a vast and well-resourced network of legal, political and military but in other areas where someone has taken a stand for truth this has happened to varying extents so something could have been created from our side of things. Given that most people who consider themselves as role-players in the exopolitics/free-energy/UFO area should be painfully aware of how difficult the topic is to approach with the wider population outside - we should also realise that extra effort is required when someone from within our community, with altruistic intention, tries to act and gets caught out. With the Disclosure Project we saw significant numbers of civilian and military personnel essentially break laws when they ignored their security oaths and discussed what they felt needed to be public. Why is McKinnon so different when he essentially sought information for the public good also yet he faces loss of liberty and the DP witnesses have had no ramifications from their actions?

Whatever your views morally on what McKinnon did - the fact is a truth seeker who wanted to gain nothing for himself is now facing a huge jail term as a scapegoat. Punish him for minor computer infringements but don't buy the hype on the rest of it to the point where it becomes something we fail to act upon. My fear is that we have other, similar casualties in coming years that may break laws and get caught - I just hope we have a shift in priorities and get systems in place to stop them being sacrificed for the rest of us. I'm not criticising any individuals or even groups of individuals over this - it's more the overall approach of the community as a whole that I believe needs to change somewhat to cater for such incidents. Maybe if he is forced to a trial in the US our trans-Atlantic friends can consider creating a basic support system for Gary over there – its one scary big country to us little islanders!

So we can see in the McKinnon situation a microcosm of the current state of play of the [exo]political elements of UFOlogy: an individual decides to seek answers to core issues by locating embargoed information on new energy and UFOs in closed government systems. When he is stopped [as are so many in a variety of ways] and the situation comes to public attention we are confronted with the fact that wider society is still not ready to have key areas to do with new energy systems, black budgets, sequestered technologies and intelligent ET visitation raised as part of the defence of a truth-seeking researcher. Things are however shifting fast with regards public perception and interest so at the current rate of change if Gary’s case had occurred in 2012 not 2002 things may have been profoundly different. This just tells us to keep pushing these issues into wider consciousness so maybe one day individuals won’t see the need to illegally access information networks for information it is our collective birth-rite to know.

Resources:

BBC video on appeal result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_QFTx8muM and BBC interview with Gary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PkNPCEnJM

BBC radio play on Gary’s exploits: http://tiny.pl/2jm6

For updates on the Gary McKinnon case check Freegary and Exopolitics UK.

A selection of articles and media can be found here and at the Black Vault Wiki.

Gary’s case and community support will be discussed on the next episode of Exopolitics Radio

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