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In reply to the discussion: David Miranda was employed as a messenger to carry stolen government documents. [View all]The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)There is a sub-section of that act which empowers extreme discretion at a point of entry, and whatever is stated for public consumption by authorities seeking to secure public acceptance, the law on its face does allow this action, at the point where it took place.
At some point, people do have to show some understanding of the realities of a situation. In order for anyone to have expected mr. Miranda would pass through Heathrow en route between one person involved with the Snowden materials and another person involved with them, in possession of various electronic devices capable of storing information, without being braced by police, they would have to be profoundly stupid.
I do indeed put what is best for my country and its people above all, and this requires driving the assemblage of tea-baggers and Paulites damaging the present and menacing the future back into their kennels and caves. You may expect me to display a complete lack of scruple where this is concerned.