> The Detention of David Miranda Raises Serious Issues

Over the weekend David Miranda, partner of Glen Greenwald - the Guardian journalist who published the first of a series of reports detailing United States and British mass surveillance programs, based on documents obtained by Edward Snowden - was detained at Heathrow for just under 9 hours – the maximum allowed under Section 7 of the Terrorism Act. Miranda was in transit from Berlin to his home in Brazil. All of his electronic equipment was confiscated.