Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon, 41, is accused of gaining access to 97 US military and Nasa computers.
Home Secretary John Reid granted the US request to extradite him for trial.
At the High Court in London, his lawyers argued he had been subjected to "improper threats" and the move would breach his human rights.
His lawyers had argued that, if extradited, he would face an unknown length of time in pre-trial detention, with no likelihood of bail.
He would also face a long prison sentence, "in the region of 45 years" and may not be allowed to serve part of the sentence at home in the UK, Edmund Lawson QC said.
Mr McKinnon has never denied that he accessed the computer networks of a wide number of US military institutions between February 2001 and March 2002.
Mr McKinnon, arrested in November 2002, has always maintained that he was motivated by curiosity and that he only managed to get into the networks because of lax security.
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The transcript and video clip of the BBC Click Online interview with Gary McKinnon is now online.
Note to the people interested in "UFOs" - Gary claims to have seen possible evidence of "supressed technology", which does not have to be "alien" in origin.
Gary McKinnon's Extradition hearing is this Wednesday 10th May 2006. starting at 10 am at Bow Street Court in London.
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Iran has lodged a formal protest over another incident involving British troops near its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra.
The Foreign Minister reportedly wrote a letter saying soldiers surrounded the consulate on Thursday and fired into the air.
The letter - sent to the British embassy in Tehran - called on Britain to prevent a repeat of this and called for its forces to respect the laws protecting diplomatic places.
The Iranian Ambassador on Thursday said the troops actually entered the Consulate for ten minutes.
The British military denies the accusations. It is reported as saying its soldiers never left their vehicles but instead came under fire themselves from the consulate.
