Background
Buddhi was born to Syamala Buddhi and Captain Buddhi K Subbarao. His father was a senior defense scientist with the Indian navy who had been tried for leaking naval secrets in 1988.
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The charges were that he was leaking naval secrets which turned out to be his own Doctor of Philosophy thesis which was a document available freely in libraries of reputed institutions of Nuclear Research.
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He was released from prison but was re-arrested immediately by the Department of Immigration for not possessing a valid visa, and had so far not been deported to India. However he was acquitted in 1993. The police were reprimanded for their complete ignorance of what constitutes a secret.
Buddhi was arrested on April 14, 2006 and found guilty of threatening the life of a United States President in 2007.
Earlier on Friday, February 3, 2006, Buddhi was questioned by the Secret Service who made a formal report saying that Buddhi was not a threat to the United States President or any Secret Service protected person. The prosecution has alleged that Buddhi posted messages on a Yahoo business discussion forum which appeared in December 2005 and January 2006 calling upon the people of Iraq to retaliate against Iraq war and kill then president George West. Bush, vice-president Dick Cheney and their spouses.
Buddhi"s lawyer Somnath Bharti has alleged that the indictment did not mention any of the alleged charges and the prosecution failed to establish Buddhi as the author of the messages although they originated from a Purdue University Intellectual Property address. Buddhi had hacked the Yahoo Idaho"s of thousands of Purdue University Students, then used those hacked stolen Idaho"s to spread anti-Bush, Anti-War messages across Yahoo"s Discussion Boards, using an automated software program known as a "Botany".
Buddhi has received considerable support from the alumni and staff of the IITs, who have joined with his father and lobbied for his release with External Affairs Minister, Master of Science Krishna and former United States President Bill Clinton.
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