Ruh Roh, UK Detains Greenwald's Husband Under Counter Terrorist Powers Act

The News Journal ran an item today ~ Partner of leaks reporter detained

LONDON — The partner of a jour­nalist who received leaks from for­mer National Security Agency con­tractor Edward Snowden was de­tained for nearly nine hours Sunday under anti-terror legislation at Heathrow Airport. David Miranda, the partner of Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, was held for nearly the maximum time authorities are allowed to detain individuals under the Terrorism Act’s Schedule 7, which authorizes securi­ty agencies to stop and question peo­ple at borders. Greenwald said Mi­randa’s cellphone, laptops and memo­ry sticks were confiscated. “This is obviously a rather pro­found escalation of their attacks on the newsgathering process and jour­nalism,” Greenwald said in a post on the Guardian website.

Twitter has more ~

Spencer Ackerman ‏- 
Radical concept: "public confidence in security powers depends on them being used proportionately within the law" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/david-miranda-detention-labour-glen-greenwald …
 
Fred Abrahams ‏
#Brazil calls UK's detention of @ggreenwald partner at Heathrow "without justification." http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/sala-de-imprensa/notas-a-imprensa/retencao-de-nacional-brasileiro-em-londres …

And Glenn Greenwald has much, much more HERE including ~

Would it be OK for UK to invade Guardian newsroom- or FBI to invade NYT- if they think they have classified docs, detain everyone for 9 hrs?

Amnesty Intl on the UK Government: https://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/uk-detention-guardian-employee-heathrow-unlawful-and-unwarranted-2013-08-18#.UhE1-z12nWc.twitter …

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