cogadh: Again, you don't know what they "have him on", all we know is what LulzSec claims he did and they are not necessarily the best source of truth. The police (also not necessarily the best source of truth) are saying they arrested him on suspicion of hacking into systems and mounting denial of service attacks against "a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies"... that's a lot more than just setting up an IRC channel.
Delixe: I'm sure the truth will be out soon enough. Lulzsec is not what I care about, in fact I couldn't care less if the lot of them are shipped to Guantanamo. My problem is US corporations want these people tried in the US because US law favours the corporations. Which is understandable but it's very short sighted. If US corporations get their way then the door swings both ways. You will soon find countries like Egypt, Syria, China and Iran will want the same rules and you don't want to know about the legal processes in those countries. What happens when US hackers are accused of hacking Chinese websites and China demands the US citizens are handed over to face trial in China?
Simple, if there is sufficient evidence, they should be handed over to China for trial, just as would happen with any other extradition situation. We are talking about criminals here; they should know that if they engage in international cyber-crime, they may face more than just their home country's legal ramifications. I'm not going to lose any sleep over that.
BTW - US corporations have nothing to do with this, the FBI want the guy in the US to answer for the CIA hack, that's it.