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BBC News - David Miranda detention: MP asks police for explanation
Detaining the partner of a journalist in order to get information about Snowden, and using the terrorism act to do it.
The very act of trying to intimidate journalists into dropping politically sensitive stories suggests there's something very wrong with the government of that country.
False arrest is a crime in the UK and these people are, or at least should be, subject to the law.
I call for their immediate arrest, criminal action taken against them and compensation paid to the man out of the pockets of the wrong doers.
The chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee is to ask the police to justify the detention at Heathrow of a journalist's partner under terror laws.
Keith Vaz said the full facts of David Miranda's nine-hour detention must be established quickly.
Mr Miranda's partner is the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, who has written about US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Brazil has said the detention of Brazilian national Mr Miranda caused "grave concern" and was "unjustified".
Mr Miranda was held at Heathrow on his way from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. He reportedly had his mobile phone, laptop, DVDs and other items seized before he was released.
Detaining the partner of a journalist in order to get information about Snowden, and using the terrorism act to do it.
The very act of trying to intimidate journalists into dropping politically sensitive stories suggests there's something very wrong with the government of that country.
False arrest is a crime in the UK and these people are, or at least should be, subject to the law.
I call for their immediate arrest, criminal action taken against them and compensation paid to the man out of the pockets of the wrong doers.