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By CHARLIE SAVAGE and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
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Mr. Greenwalds partner, David Michael Miranda, 28, is a citizen of Brazil. He had spent the previous week in Berlin visiting Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker who has also been helping to disseminate Mr. Snowdens leaks, to assist Mr. Greenwald. The Guardian had paid for the trip, Mr. Greenwald said, and Mr. Miranda was on his way home to Rio de Janeiro.
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Mr. Miranda was in Berlin to deliver documents related to Mr. Greenwalds 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.
A spokesman for the British Foreign Ministry said the episode was a police matter and would provide no further comment. Civil rights groups in Britain have criticized Section 7 of the Terrorism Act, accusing the authorities of using the provision to arbitrarily stop and detain travelers, particularly Muslims. The British Home Office has said it is reviewing the provision in an effort to address the concerns.
A lawyer for The Guardian in London was working on trying to understand what had happened, as were foreign-affairs officials for Brazil both in that country and in London, Mr. Greenwald said. He said that he received a call from the Brazilian foreign minister about 40 minutes after alerting the Brazilian government, and that the Brazilian authorities were outraged.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/world/europe/britain-detains-partner-of-reporter-tied-to-leaks.html
Interesting.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)Oh Never mind I see its greenwald himself confirming he was transfering documents.
Mr. Miranda was in Berlin to deliver documents related to Mr. Greenwalds investigation into government surveillance to Ms. Poitras, Mr. Greenwald said. Ms. Poitras, in turn, gave Mr. Miranda different documents to pass to Mr. Greenwald
How incredibly shocking the UK would detain him and confiscate those documents. That poor innocent guy
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)Why would Britain give a shit if Berlin didn't?
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Just a guess.
They do however contain information on British inteligence.
Doesnt really seem hard to figure out.
I know its hard to believe since it comes directly from GG but...
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)Wow
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Why the UK would be keeping tabs on known associates of people who are disseminating stolen classified documents. Those silly Brits what were they thinking??
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Der Spiegel.
In addition, Germany relies on NSA for all their domestic intelligence. On top of that, the new documents gotten from Miranda will be shared with Germany if they implicate Germany.
You guys still don't get it.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)I suspect the power drain at the NSA facilities will be skyrocketing as they attempt to crack the encryption on the files.
Imagine their surprise when all the files turn out to be Lolcats.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I have no reason to doubt his word on this.
Also confiscating stolen classified documents makes a lot more sense than intimidation for the sake of intimidation.
Cha
(295,929 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)They have watched WAY to many Bond movies