Jack Straw parent company of their employers, and Gary McKinnon who admitted hacking US defence computers. An inquiry into extradition arrangements by retired Judge Sir Scott Baker reported in September 2011 that the treaty was not unbalanced and "there is no practical difference between the information submitted to and from the United States". In a letter to "The Independent" in 2004, he claimed that Trotskyists "can usually now be found in the City, appearing on quiz shows or ranting in certain national newspapers," and recommended "" by Vladimir Lenin. In the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt, Straw was personally informed months
UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 the Extradition Act 2003 within the UK and an opposition proposal to amend the Act in the House of Lords. It also coincided with public disquiet at the case of the NatWest Three who were extradited on the same date. This meant the NatWest three were extradited to the US under the US-UK Extradition Treaty 2003, even though that treaty had not been ratified in the US. On 30 September 2006 the US Senate unanimously ratified the treaty. British Home Secretary John Reid said he was ""delighted"" that Baroness Scotland's visit to the US over the summer succeeded in getting