The partner of Glenn Greenwald -- the American journalist who published stories based on documents from former National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden -- was held for nearly nine hours by British authorities while traveling through London’s Heathrow Airport Sunday.
Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, was trying to get home to Rio de Janeiro when he was stopped by airport authorities, the Guardian reported. Authorities told him he would be questioned under Schedule 7 of Britain’s 2000 Terrorism Act -- which allows officers to stop, search, question and detain individuals at airports, border areas and ports to determine if they are involved in terrorist acts.
Miranda, 28, was held for almost nine hours -- the maximum the law allows -- before he was released without charge. But officials took his electronic equipment, including his cellphone, camera, laptop, memory sticks, DVDs and games.
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