Glenn Greenwald's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours

The Guardian ^ | 8/18/13 | staff

[cripplecreek]

Yeah the NSA and their little groin leeches are pure scum.

[little jeremiah]

I mean all of it, since Zero started running for prez...

[Ann Archy]

Is EVERYONE GAY?????

[cynwoody]

Clear evidence that the TSA is homophobic!

This was HMG, not USG.

Miranda's orientation, not to say his rights, notwithstanding.

Of course, it's obvious, HMG was just running an errand for Alexander the Geek.

Hopefully, the seized bits will burn many a kwh in the Puzzle Palace's electric bill (to which you and I contribute).

[JimRed]

Business partner, or faggot?

[af_vet_rr]

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!

[af_vet_rr]

Food for thought.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23761918

The US government has said British officials gave it a "heads up" about the detention of the partner of a journalist who published information from US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

But it said the decision to detain David Miranda was a British one taken "independent of our direction".

During a press conference at the White House, deputy spokesman Josh Earnest was asked about whether the US had played a part in the decision to detain Mr Miranda.

He said: "This was a law enforcement action take by the British government and this was something that they did independent of our direction.

"As you would expect, the British government is going to make law enforcement decisions that they determine are in the best interests of their country.

"There was a heads up that was provided by the British government, so this was something we had an indication was likely to occur.

"But it is not something that we requested and it was something that was done specifically by the British law enforcement officials there."

BBC correspondent Kim Ghattas, in Washington, said it was likely that the "heads up" about Mr Miranda's detention was passed to US officials when his name was spotted on passenger lists.

The White House declined to comment on whether Mr Miranda's name was on a "watch list" maintained by the US Transportation Security Administration.

It also declined to comment on whether the US was given access to Mr Miranda's laptop or anything on the laptop.

[pluvmantelo]

Thanks for the correction. I obviously need to bone up on my reading comprehension skills.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?