A Cabinet minister has dramatically broken ranks to declare that Gary McKinnon should face justice in the UK and that the current extradition deal with America is unfair.
The explosive intervention by Peter Hain is a massive boost to the Daily Mail's campaign to halt the extradition of the Asperger's sufferer, who faces 60 years in a U.S. jail for computer hacking.
The first sign of a Cabinet split is a massive blow to Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who is trying to resist overwhelming public demands that he should step in and save Gary.
Mr Hain said he believed Gary had hacked Nasa and Pen