The White House received a
head's up on Britain's retaining Glenn Greewald's partner as he connected through Heathrow Airport
"At the moment anybody can be stopped under this power. There is no
need for the police to believe they are a terrorist or to suspect they
are a terrorist. The only reason they can talk to them is in order to
determine whether they are a terrorist.
"It seems to me there is a
question to be answered about whether it should be possible to detain
somebody – to keep them for six hours, to download their mobile phone –
without the need for any suspicion at all. I hope at least it is
something parliament will look at." -- David Anderson QC, independent reviewer of terrorism legislation
This is what a monster wave of retaliation
looks like. British officials refused to say whether
they shared the contents of the detainee's electronic devices with U.S. officials. Given our two countries
long history of collaboration, I expect U.S. officials have full access. Corporate livelihoods are
at stake.
