NEW : The US State Department is ` ` shocked '' by the decision . The U.S. government says McKinnon accessed 97 computers from his home in London for a year starting in March 2001 , costing the government about $ 1 million . Counsel for McKinnon says it is ` ` a great day for British justice '' UK home office blocks extradition of Gary McKinnon to the United States . U.S. prosecutors accuse him of breaking into CIA , military and civilian computers .
NEW : The US State Department is ` ` shocked '' by the decision . Counsel for McKinnon says it is ` ` a great day for British justice '' UK home office blocks extradition of Gary McKinnon to the United States . U.S. prosecutors accuse him of breaking into CIA , military and civilian computers .