Can somebody alert me to what episode of Will & Grace this situation was covered:
A man arrives at Heathrow airport. He’s not a journalist, but someone carrying a mystery package for a friend. What he’s carrying could, by common consent, have huge implications for the national security of the UK if it fell into the wrong hands. By definition, the wrong hands could include terrorists.
What do we honestly expect the UK authorities to do? Give him a sly wink and say “off you go son, you have a nice trip”?
It’s clear David Miranda wasn’t stopped because he was Glenn Greenwald’s partner. He was stopped because he was suspected of carrying classified information highly detrimental to the UK national interest. And if we don’t stop people because of that, who do we stop?
Good question.
It all sounds so much like The American Civil Rights Movement, it's scary,...
Sorry, never watched Will and Grace.
ReplyDeleteI'm particularly appalled at the "conservatives" who seem to be sticking up for this schlub...he was ferrying what could be classified information...to a chick that works for freaking Der Spiegel (which has a bit of an interesting history).
Look who you're sticking up for here -- are you sure you should be doing that?
And if you're doing it just because "Obama!", maybe it's time to step away for a second; NSA type activities have been going on since the 40s; you're looking like a bunch of hippies who watched too many X File shows and spend too much time reading Alex Jones.
Plus, again, look who you're sticking up for here, please!
PW