To: Nachum
Miranda was released, but officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles.
Do they really believe these guys would physically carry things the NSA wants with them?
6 posted on
08/18/2013 5:42:55 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Do they really believe these guys would physically carry things the NSA wants with them? Of course, not. This is meant to harass and intimidate.
They've surely got surveillance of all kinds everywhere in these two men's lives.
7 posted on
08/18/2013 5:54:40 PM PDT by
IncPen
(When you start talking about what we 'should' have, you've made the case for the Second Amendment)
To: cripplecreek
Miranda was released, but officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles.
"Security" guys tend to be digital hobbyists, eh?
8 posted on
08/18/2013 5:54:43 PM PDT by
Standing Wolf
(No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
To: cripplecreek
Apparently, they did.
“Mr. Miranda was in Berlin to deliver documents related to Mr. Greenwald’s investigation into government surveillance to Ms. Poitras, Mr. Greenwald said. Ms. Poitras, in turn, gave Mr. Miranda different documents to pass to Mr. Greenwald. Those documents, which were stored on encrypted thumb drives, were confiscated by airport security, Mr. Greenwald said. All of the documents came from the trove of materials provided to the two journalists by Mr. Snowden. The British authorities seized all of his electronic media — including video games, DVDs and data storage devices — and did not return them, Mr. Greenwald said.”
Note that in that snippet, Greenwald is the source. Mr. Miranda was a data mule, basically. I’m not entirely sure if these guys are the journalistic version of the Apple Dumpling Gang or Inspector Closeau. This was a dumb move.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/world/europe/britain-detains-partner-of-reporter-tied-to-leaks.html?_r=0
11 posted on
08/18/2013 6:07:58 PM PDT by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: cripplecreek
According to ABC news the thumb drives were stuffed encrypted information relating to Berlin.
18 posted on
08/18/2013 7:08:11 PM PDT by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: cripplecreek
Do they really believe these guys would physically carry things the NSA wants with them?
This is all about sending a message to other people - don't even think about exposing any governments spying on their citizens!
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