I'm going to post this again since it goes to the heart of the motivation of the UK security forces

[kpete]

US Official Admits That UK Detention Of Glenn Greenwald's Partner Was 'To Send A Message'
from the illegal-and-obnoxious dept

Buried in a Reuters report about the UK government's ridiculous decision to force the Guardian to destroy some hard drives with Snowden-related materials, is the fact that the reporter got a US official to admit that the detention of Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, was all about "sending a message" to anyone who had the Snowden documents:

"One U.S. security official told Reuters that one of the main purposes of the British government's detention and questioning of Miranda was to send a message to recipients of Snowden's materials, including the Guardian, that the British government was serious about trying to shut down the leaks."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/britain-forced-guardian-destroy-copy-snowden-material-222933670.html
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130820/03160924251/us-official-admits-that-uk-detention-glenn-greenwalds-partner-was-to-send-message.shtml

[hobbit709]

1. so the UK government is serious about shutting down US leaks?

But there's no collusion of course.

[cthulu2016]

2. Anonymous source. Riiiight. I'll wait to hear it from Obama himself.

<joke>

[Lint Head]

3. Why so serious? Can't they just be light hearted and funny? Life is a ball.

[autorank]

4. K&R

Yes, and the Brits called Washington to inform the administration of their intended actions.

They're so thoughtful.

[nashville_brook]

5. k and r again :)

[progressoid]

6. No no no. DUers told me that this was a UK issue only.

No need to drag our squeaky clean government into this.

[Demo_Chris]

7. Nothing to see here. Move along Citizens, move along. nt

[Downwinder]

8. Wish they cared as much about Japanese leaks.

as in Fukushima.

[stonecutter357]

9. K&R

THIS^^^^^^^^

[WillyT]

10. K & R !!!

[warrprayer]

11. K&R

[Rex]

12. All the DUers that were splaining that in NO WAY could

it be intimidation...ya egg all over their faces today!

[NealK]

16. Lol!

[Blue_Tires]

13. Quote is still mostly worthless without ident.

[HardTimes99]

14. How so? - nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

15. K&R Redux. n/t

[Wilms]

17. ^