The David Miranda Detention and the Surveillance State0

• UK
• August 13, 2013

The detention of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda at Heathrow airport for nearly nine hours under anti-terrorism laws has sent shockwaves through the British media and political life. Miranda had equipment such as his phone and laptop confiscated, was not given an interpreter, and was grilled about Snowden and even protests in Brazil.