Sword of Damocles.

The Home Secretary has (thankfully) decided that Gary McKinnon (see 4/9/08) should not be deported to America, and now the DPP has said that no charges will be brought against him in this country.  So is that it?  Well no, because the extradition warrant is still out there, which means that if Mr McKinnon were to leave this country, any other country he might visit would be obliged to arrest him and send him off to the US.  For it really to be over, America needs to withdraw the warrant.  Come on Obama - do the decent thing.