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really offsets
on this really is a well-earned use the word %uh
unbelievable I over the weekend I
Glenn Greenwald's partner I David Miranda
who's a Brazilian national are not
a journalist I might be helping on some projects
are with gland but not even a working journalist they
really the you know a family member I love I and II don't know if I him
England are married
but glenn's partner I
and I he was detained on his way back from Berlin where he had been meeting
with Laura
Poitras which is the Glenn Greenwald's a collaborator
on the edwards known an essay disclosures are so he was flying back
from Berlin going through Heathrow on his way back to
Rio de Janeiro where he lives as a Brazilian national and he was detained
under that country's
anti-terrorism Act are 49
hours three of which were without
lawyer any type of representation on
he I Glen found out about this because it unidentified security official
are called him I
and and informed him that his David had been
his his partner detained for three hours at the airport that they were
questioning him
under this terrorism provision I and and
and just to let him know he wouldn't give Glenn Greenwald the name
his name he just said he was a security official immediately
officials in the Brazilian Embassy as well as lawyers from the Guardian
are rush to the airport to try to get ahold the situation
but David remained a in custody essentially for
six more hours because he was there for totaled nine now there's a couple
important contextual things here before we get to the
broader I'll just house or disturbing this is
the UK in fact does have
much more draconian press freedom anti-terrorism laws
I in general and then than the united states there isn't the same type of
press freedom
all are there isn't are the type of fourth amendment
our protections in the UK that there are in america I had this terrorism law
was basically pushed through are
and it allows people to be arm
question to be detained %ah
for certain number hours just in questioning
related to terrorism cases so it doesn't mean that they're being charged it
doesn't mean
really anything specific it just means wider ability is attaining question
people you don't have that right to remain silent
and right half to comply yeah
know it's a it's a as they say at a much more
draconian a process and basically on
the it this is under Schedule 70 the UK's Terrorism Act
and they say according to a document released by the UK government quote
fewer than three people on every 10,000 are examined as a pastor UK borders
arm moreover most examinations ninety-seven percent last
under and our I and in this lasted for nine hours now
obviously what's really important really striking year after that I
red you know I always read bob schatzker at the daily banter because he's kinda
like the prime
center-left %eh ENT greenwald writer
and he made this whole thing where he said yeah I was really disturbed by this
and then I look further into it
and it seems to me that David
Miranda Glenn Greenwald's partner is helping Glenn Greenwald
I in various ways it and it's a story that's why he was in Berlin meeting with
Borup waitress and thats I the reason why he was detained incidently
I our computer %uh a a is his gadgets computer files on things were taken from
him
laptop laptop was no survey to get back they they want they have not said
whether or not they will give it back
else to the game boy he was playing electronic game player that he was
playing taking the planet kept that as well
now just goes so now with that context
I don't know the big melodramas about because
this Miranda might be helping greenwald with the story
now dockets the whole fundamental problem here
and what everybody who's been concerned about these issues has been profoundly
concerned about from the in with which is the conflict Shin
up terrorism with practicing transparency in aggressive investigative
journalism
and its stop pushing to me that even bob just who is also to problems with Glenn
Greenwald's reporting
and the defense XY and Z yves
specific programs that's fine go forward to do it but do you really feel
comfortable with the fundamental premise
that terrorism cases are now going to be treated
that that that all these other things
St Enoch going after
whistleblowers going after reporters that publish the work I've
whistleblowers
thats all going to the inflated
into some large terrorism package wheres it basically essentially everything
that's adversarial
get swept under that rock you know people laughed
when Joe Biden called Juliana such a digital terrorist
but some people were still enough to say that might actually be a description and
indication of policy
and this is clearly where we're going with this type action
and you can follow any and judge with everything else
so I think it's astonishing
again that people cannot the Sagara gate whatever they want I think about whether
the leaks were justified all these other questions you can have those questions
fine whatever but if you want
journalism investigative journalism to be
investigated aggressively under a Terrorism Act which is designed to
address terrorism
I have no idea what part credible conversation you still want to be
involved in
because the corollary of the tremendous threat to press freedom that this type
of action is is that it's an
under cheapening of the legitimate threat of terrorism you know
there actually are some groups and Sun organizations like Al Qaeda obviously
that really do wat to create tremendous heart they wanna blow up public places
they wanted the head people they want to kill people
I guess what that an actual threat and that actual require
actually does require some mechanism response
so when you start passing these massive overreaches
criminalizing journalism it's a massive threat to civil liberties
and it's a cheapening and a grotesque cheapening the actual security
challenges that
terrorism does pose and you also get a boy called will
you know boy cried wolf situation where nobody's gonna take any the seriously at
the end they to begin with
because the rapid abusive so it's just
stunning and you know
again the UK as much more liberal laws when it comes to these types of things
I think they should become more like us
we should not be being more like that
more like how we should more like how we should be in our roots which were
rapidly
getting away trying to make sure was fun though I knew what you were saying yeah
no i i kno aP's
I'll look when we have things like the fourth memory literally in response
to our history of getting rid of British rule
I mean this is where the civil liberties trashing comes from and when i get a
first for getting rid of it
so question I'm not you know I i've any not naive about that but I'm just saying
alice is dead air I'll be damned if I have to care about the Royal baby
I dad that's where we're headed absolutely
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