It now looked as though the US would try to prosecute Mr McKinnon as a cyber-terrorist, Mr Anderson said.

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The Quds Force, a secretive Iran military unit blamed for terrorist activity, probably executed the cyber-attacks, he said.

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There are reports of terrorist kill lists that you supervise and there are reports of cyber-attacks on the Iranian nuclear program that you ordered.

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