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Date: Tue Jan 06 2004 - 04:40:24 CST

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By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
January 5, 2004

Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker accused of breaking into
The New York Times' computer network, is planning to appear in court
Thursday to accept a plea bargain.

Lamo, who is facing a pair of federal felony charges for allegedly
breaking into The Times' network and running up the bill on a
subscriber-only news-archiving service, surrendered to the FBI in
September and is out on bail.

In a telephone interview Monday, Lamo said the plea bargain could
include a sentence of six months of home detention. Under federal
guidelines, a judge has significant discretion in sentencing a
defendant, and the plea agreement does not include a specific
recommendation.

"The alternative would essentially destroy my family," Lamo said,
adding that, "I've always said that for every action I've ever taken,
I'm willing to own up to the consequences."

Lamo's court-appointed public defender, Sean Hecker, confirmed that a
court hearing for a plea bargain was scheduled for Thursday but would
not provide details about the proposed agreement. The hearing is
scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EST before U.S. District Judge Naomi Buchwald
in New York, Hecker said.

Lamo is known for his homeless-hacker lifestyle. Before the courts
ordered him to return to the Sacramento, Calif., area to live with his
parents, Lamo had no fixed address and instead wandered around the
United States on Greyhound buses, sleeping on friends' couches and,
when necessary, staying in vacant or derelict buildings.

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