The National Autistic Society (NAS) has petitioned Prime Minister Gordon Brown to protect Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon and other people afflicted with autism from being extradited.
NAS president Jane Asher, the television celebrity who appeared in 1955 classic alien invasion film The Quatermass Xperiment, launched the petition. She joins a gaggle of stars supporting Gary, who hacked into US military computers while searching for UFO secrets.