Govts threats to journos 'signalling rise of fascism'

Glenn Greenwald & David Miranda Speak Out: "Journalism Is Not a Crime and It's Not Terrorism"



UK Media Crackdown: Greenwald’s Partner Detained, Guardian Forced to Destroy Snowden Files




The Obama administration has acknowledged it had advance notice British officials were going to detain David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has revealed the National Security Agency’s massive spy practices. Miranda was held Sunday at London’s Heathrow Airport under Section 7 of the British Terrorism Act for nine hours — the maximum time he could be detained without charge. Miranda has just announced legal action against the British Home Office for his detention. Meanwhile, The Guardian has revealed the British government threatened legal action against the newspaper unless it either destroyed Snowden’s classified documents or handed them to British authorities. "At its core, what is at stake is the ability for a human being to have dignity and for journalists to have integrity with their sources, [threatening] the whole concept of a free democracy," says computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum, who has been detained and questioned numerous times at airports. "And I don’t mean that as hyperbole, but if everything is under surveillance, how is it that you can have a democracy? How is it that you can organize a political function, or have confidentiality with a constituent, or a source, or with a friend or a lover? That’s an erasure of fundamental things that we have had for quite some time." We’re also joined by longtime British attorney Gareth Peirce.

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/20/uk_media_crackdown_greenwalds_partner_detained

David Miranda 'forced to give passwords' at Heathrow:

A Brazilian man held for nine hours at Heathrow airport under anti-terror laws has said he was forced to divulge email and social media account passwords. David Miranda said his interrogators threatened that he could go to prison if he did not do so.

http://is.gd/cgdVSq

Britain defends detaining the partner of Edward Snowden journalist:

The British government Tuesday defended the detention of the partner of an American journalist who helped reveal widespread spying by the U.S. National Security Agency, saying that authorities had a duty to act against someone suspected of possessing "highly sensitive stolen information."

http://is.gd/v4MEOW

White House was given 'heads-up' over David Miranda detention in UK:

As the UK's anti-terror legislation watchdog called for a radical overhaul of the laws that allowed police to confiscate Miranda's electronic equipment, the US distanced itself from the action by saying that British authorities took the decision to detain him.

http://is.gd/E9AB16

Govts threats to journos 'signalling rise of fascism' - WikiLeaks

Published on Aug 20, 2013

The Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger said that UK authorities raided the paper's London office to destroy hard drives in a bid to stop further damaging publications. He also said that intelligence officials from the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had told him that he had the option of handing over all the classified documents or seeing the newspaper's hard drives destroyed. For more RT talks to WikiLeaks spokesperson, Kristinn Hrafnsson. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/r3h3z0

UK government destroyed Guardian hard drives over Snowden story 20 Aug 2013 British government officials ordered the destruction of hard drives at the Guardian offices in London that purportedly contained information relating to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has revealed. They took the action even though Rusbridger explained it was pointless, he said. The Guardian's NSA reporting is written, stored and edited in New York, he told them, and journalist Glenn Greenwald, the lead reporter on the story, lives in Brazil. The officials from GCHQ, Britain's equivalent of the NSA, were apparently unaware of the concept of information in the cloud - and seemed satisfied that they had been able to destroy something tangible. [GCHQ barbarians are so stupid that the *light* from stupid is going to take ten billion years to reach the earth.]

White House was given 'heads-up' over David Miranda detention in UK 19 Aug 2013 Britain was facing intense pressure on Monday to give a detailed explanation of the decision to detain the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald after the White House confirmed that it was given a "heads-up" before David Miranda was taken into custody for nine hours at Heathrow. As the UK's anti-terror legislation watchdog called for a radical overhaul of the laws that allowed police to confiscate Miranda's electronic equipment, the US distanced itself from the action by saying that British authorities took the decision to detain him... The prospect of an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission is likely to have been enhanced by the disclosure that the US authorities were given advanced notice of Miranda's detention after his name appeared on a passenger manifest.

David Miranda detention legally sound, says Scotland Yard 19 Aug 2013 Using the Terrorism Act to detain the partner of a Guardian reporter who wrote about US and UK security services was "legally and procedurally sound", Scotland Yard has said. It was responding to claims it misused its powers by holding David Miranda for nine hours at Heathrow on Sunday. Independent reviewer of terrorism legislation David Anderson QC has said the length of detention was "unusual".

Snowden reporter: Won't be silenced by detention 20 Aug 2013 An American journalist who has written stories based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said Monday he'll publish with more fervor after British authorities detained his partner. London police detained David Miranda under anti-terror legislation as he arrived at Heathrow Airport in London airport Sunday. Miranda, who is in a civil union with reporter Glenn Greenwald, arrived Monday in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives with the journalist. A defiant Greenwald, who reports for the Guardian newspaper in Britain, promised he was going "to write much more aggressively than before" about government snooping.

David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate' 19 Aug 2013 David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist who broke stories of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency, has accused Britain of a "total abuse of power" for interrogating him for almost nine hours at Heathrow under the Terrorism Act. In his first interview since returning to his home in Rio de Janeiro early on Monday, Miranda said the authorities in the UK had pandered to the US in trying to intimidate him and force him to reveal the passwords to his computer and mobile phone. "They were threatening me all the time and saying I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate," said Miranda.

Snowden case: Brazil 'concerned' after UK detention 18 Aug 2013 Brazil says the detention under British terror laws of one of its citizens at London's Heathrow airport caused "grave concern" and was "unjustified". David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who published documents leaked by Edward Snowden, was held at Heathrow for nine hours on his way to Rio de Janeiro. "At 08:05 on Sunday 18 August 2013 a 28-year-old man was detained at Heathrow Airport under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was not arrested. He was subsequently released at 17:00," said a statement issued by the Metropolitan Police.

Glenn Greenwald's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours under Terrorism Act --Officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles. 18 Aug 2013 The partner of the Guardian journalist who has written a series of stories revealing mass surveillance programmes by the US National Security Agency was held for almost nine hours on Sunday by UK authorities as he passed through London's Heathrow airport on his way home to Rio de Janeiro. David Miranda, who lives with Glenn Greenwald, was returning from a trip to Berlin when he was stopped by officers at 8.05am and informed that he was to be questioned under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The controversial law, which applies only at airports, ports and border areas, allows officers to stop, search, question and detain individuals.

The NSA: 'The Abyss from Which There Is No Return'

By John W. Whitehead
For those who are not worried about the government filming you when you drive, listening to your phone calls, using satellites to track your movements and drones to further spy on you, you'd better start worrying.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35919.htm

 

David Miranda: 'They Said I Would be Put in Jail if I Didn't Co-operate'

By Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro
Partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald gives his first interview on nine-hour interrogation at Heathrow airport.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35914.htm

Journalism Under Threat:

The Day Government Agents Came and Smashed Our Hard Drives

By Alan Rusbridger

Guardian Editor

As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge - and the Guardian offices - have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35913.htm