Four men have been arrested in counter-terrorism raids across London by Scotland Yard in a joint operation with with MI5.
With the UK government now defending its actions in detaining Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, by abusing an anti-terrorist law, Miranda is now poised to fight back.
Scotland Yard has said in a statement that their nine-hour detention of David Miranda, the boyfriend on Glenn Greenwald, was legally sound under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but was it a misuse or abuse of powers?
Police detained the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald at Heathrow and questioned him without charge for nine hours under provisions in Schedule 7 of the 2000 Terrorism Act.