dug777
Lifer
'Of even greater significance, however, is the fact that the Act purports to apply extraterritorially, as long as any significant link with British jurisdiction exists.32 A significant link includes any access of a computer in the U.K.33 Based on the fact that the Internet is designed to withstand nuclear attack by sending message packets through any working node, the scope of this Act is perhaps broader than would first appear.
Thus, if a French operative were to attempt to make a nefarious entry into a U.S. Department of Defense computer and the message, by happenstance were routed through the U.K., the French operative could be tried and convicted under U.K. law. There would, of course, still be the sticky situation of obtaining jurisdiction over the Frenchman. If he were operating under the direction of the French government, France would be unlikely to turn him over. And the Frenchman would be well-advised to vacation somewhere other than England, for fear that upon entering the country authorities there would seize and try him.'
Thus, if a French operative were to attempt to make a nefarious entry into a U.S. Department of Defense computer and the message, by happenstance were routed through the U.K., the French operative could be tried and convicted under U.K. law. There would, of course, still be the sticky situation of obtaining jurisdiction over the Frenchman. If he were operating under the direction of the French government, France would be unlikely to turn him over. And the Frenchman would be well-advised to vacation somewhere other than England, for fear that upon entering the country authorities there would seize and try him.'
