Submission + - MPs Demand Explanation for Detention of David Miranda
megla writes: Yesterday Slashdot covered reports that David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald. Now, various MPs and other public figures have expressed their unease over the detention and demanded justification for the incident from the police.
Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald has threatened to be more aggressive with his reporting regarding the UK secret services and to release more documents about their activities, Brazil has stated that it expects no repeat of the incident, and one of the MPs involved in passing the anti-terrorism legislation used for the detention has said "those of us who were part of passing this legislation certainly would not have expected it to be used in a case of this kind".
Attempting to intimidate a journalist appears to be backfiring badly on this occasion but, of course, the question everyone wants answered is why was his partner stopped? Fingers inevitably point towards the United States government but, at least for now, this is only conjecture.
Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald has threatened to be more aggressive with his reporting regarding the UK secret services and to release more documents about their activities, Brazil has stated that it expects no repeat of the incident, and one of the MPs involved in passing the anti-terrorism legislation used for the detention has said "those of us who were part of passing this legislation certainly would not have expected it to be used in a case of this kind".
Attempting to intimidate a journalist appears to be backfiring badly on this occasion but, of course, the question everyone wants answered is why was his partner stopped? Fingers inevitably point towards the United States government but, at least for now, this is only conjecture.
