LONDON: A Briton accused of hacking into US military and Nasa computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government yesterday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he concluded that sending Gary McKinnon to the United States would
not breach his human rights, and has no general discretionary powers to stop the extradition.

"If McKinnon's human rights would be breached, I must stop the extradition. If they would not be breached, the
extradition must go ahead," Johnson said in a statement.