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Partner of Guardian's Snowden Reporter Detained Under Terrorism Act
hydrofix writes "The partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has written a series of stories revealing mass surveillance programs by the National Security Agency (NSA), was held for almost nine hours on Sunday by UK authorities as he passed through the Heathrow airport on his way home to Rio de Janeiro. David Miranda was stopped by officers and informed that he would be questioned under the Terrorism Act 2000. The 28-year-old was held for nine hours, the maximum the law allows before officers must release or formally arrest the individual. According to official figures, most examinations last under an hour, and only one in 2,000 people detained are kept for more than six hours. Miranda was released without charge, but officials confiscated electronics including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles. 'This is a profound attack on press freedoms [...] to detain my partner for a full nine hours while denying him a lawyer, and then seize large amounts of his possessions, is clearly intended to send a message of intimidation to those of us who have been reporting on the NSA and GCHQ,' Greenwald commented."
OR, actually containing steganographically encoded JPEGs of Obama having it off with Cameron.
Ezekiel 23:20
would you trust a device that has been alone with a spook?
Not before you wash it.
Ezekiel 23:20
Nor do you have the right to contact a solicitor, as this is ostensibly about terrorism. Can't have the proper climate of fear with pesky lawyers running around.
Yep, you're gonna get stopped. Yep, they're going to go through your stuff.
I think a couple of Terabytes of 'Hello Kitty' videos placed on every bit of electronics that he owns should teach them the error of their ways.
Are you insane?! They would jail him for possession of Kitty Porn!
This discussion suggests this is a spurious quote, like most attempts to lend prestige to a banal remark by attaching this writer's name to it.
"The spurious quote, like most attempts to build prestige from mediocrity, requires attaching things to it."
-Voltron
I think David Miranda should travel with a suitcase full of interesting and time consuming devices. How about core memory, punch cards, paper tape, files-11 formatter shadow sets on SCSI-1 disks, RL02 disks and zip disks, just for a start?
Also I forgot 300 baud FSK data on audio cassettes.
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Except the "UK Constitution" is about as coherent a legal concept as the US patent system...
"Do you want to see my papers?"
"No need, sir."
"But, I could be anyone!"
"No, you couldn't, sir."
Distribute SDcards that melt when connected to a computer
Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newspaper.
Sorry it is only available on SD cards.
Hmm, the humour and sarcasm seem to have been be lost on you.