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David Miranda detention – latest developments and reaction < LIVE BLOG
Rolling coverage of the latest developments and reaction following the detention of David Miranda, Glenn Greenwald’s partner, at Heathrow

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Guardian chief: UK spies shredded newsroom disks

LONDON – The editor of the Guardian newspaper says that British agents destroyed an unspecified number of his newsroom’s hard drives in an apparent bid to keep Edward Snowden’s leaked intelligence material safe from Chinese spies. . . .

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Lawsuit filed in UK over partner Miranda’s detention

[snip]  “What they’re essentially seeking right now is a declaration from the British court that what the British authorities did is illegal, because the only thing they’re allowed to detain and question people over is investigations relating to terrorism, and they had nothing to do with terrorism, they went well beyond the scope of the law,” Greenwald said.

“And, secondly, to order them to return all the items they stole from David and to order that they are barred from using them in any way or sharing them with anybody else.”