A British lawmakers on Monday called for the police to explain why almost 9 hours, at heathrow airport in detention Edward snow, the journalist who received before the national security agency contractor classification information partners.
Keith watts, the home affairs select committee chairman, he said, he wants to know why the police stopped partner David Miranda and the guardian Glenn greenwald. Miranda near the maximum time to allow the authorities detained individuals under the terrorism act "7 of the schedule, safety authorities to stop at the border and questioning people.
Miranda's cell phones, laptops and memory stick was confiscated, Greenwald said.
"Need to happen quite quickly, we need to establish a complete facts," gas told the BBC. "Now you have Mr Greenwald after complaints, the Brazilian government - they do have said that they are paying attention anti-terrorism legislation, does not seem to be involved in terrorism - so it needs to be clarified, and quickly clarified."
Miranda, 28, stop on Sunday when they travel to Germany after Brazil, where he met who has worked with greenwald to NSA's story, an American film producer Laura Poitras. "The guardian" reported that paid Miranda's flight, but didn't immediately respond to him with the role of the newspaper may be, if any request.
Watts said, this is "unusual", the police know that Miranda greenwald partner, authorities snowden disclosure involves partners as the goal.
"Remember to detain someone in such a case, it is a new anti-terrorism legislation... of course I'm interested in know, so I'll write to the police requires the use of anti-terrorism legislation reason - they might be perfectly reasonable explanation," watts said. "
Greenwald wrote about the national security agency's monitoring program based on the snowden, who now have a temporary shelter in Russia disclosure documents.
Labour mp Tom Watson questioned whether the home office minister has been told to detain described as a "government embarrassed."
"I think, we are going to see is that this is a sign of intelligence exceeded his powers, they were clearly trying to intimidate Glenn greenwald - this is a about the news of the attack," Watson told the BBC.
London police admitted that they had detained a 28-year-old man in the morning at about 5 PM 8:05-8:05-7:45-7:45-7:25-7:25-7:05-7:05-6:45-6:45 day, he was released, were not arrested, the metropolitan police service.
The ministry of the interior in a report to defend form 7 last year, the debate over its purpose is to help the authorities to decide whether the people across the UK border has been involved in "entrust, preparation or inciting terrorism." Border guards are not required to have a reasonable reason to suspect that the detention before passengers.
According to table 7, the researchers might have asked passengers to answer questions or provide documents. The detainees can hold to nine hours, if they refuse to cooperate, the department has said.
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