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...separate trial, an experimental drug called rember, developed by a Singapore-based company, also showed some promise in a safety study. Among 321 patients, rember appeared to stall advancement of the disease, degrading the protein tangles that build up in Alzheimer's brains. Potentially, a combination of drug therapies - designed to prevent both plaques and tangles - may prove effective in slowing the progression of the disease...
Crackpot or not, McKinnon appears to have had a political motive, and should he come to trial in the U.S., he faces up to 70 years in prison, though it's likely to be nearer the 8 to 10 years prosecutors have threatened. He'll fare worse if they can prove he deliberately caused damage. Though Jordan is skeptical of the $700,000 damage bill, "McKinnon's defense that he's a freedom fighter," says Jordan, "who was searching for hidden information that the government was holding back from the people is pretty severely undermined if at the same time...
After the court hearing, McKinnon admitted his hacking activities had been "very misguided" and said he would have gladly settled for a U.K. trial, but the fact he didn't get one might have a simpler explanation than transatlantic collusion. In 2006, the U.K.'s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit - the one that arrested McKinnon in 2002 - was disbanded. Though there is pressure to rebuild a specialist e-crimes unit, mostly prompted by the soaring cost of cyber fraud, the U.K. government has so far failed to come up with funding. In short, says Jordan, "they don't take this...
...trial had been widely seen as the final chapter in an ongoing showdown between the AKP and the secularist establishment, particularly in the military and the courts. A military attempt to stare down Erdogan last year over the nomination of his own party's Abdullah Gul for President backfired: Erdogan called snap elections and was returned to power with 47% of the vote, an even greater margin than from when he was first elected. This time, it was the turn of the judiciary to lead the charge for secularism...
...regroup under a different name and call early elections, seeking an even larger win. Its banned politicians could even run as independents, under a strange legal loophole. Perhaps they will have learned a lesson in building democratic consensus. Meanwhile, those indicted in the alleged nationalist plot will go on trial in October, which could be key to strengthening the rule...