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> That is, Mr. David Miranda had no Miranda rights there. I wasn't aware that Brazilian citizens detained in the UK had rights granted by the US.

• acqq 13y ago
  Of course they never had. The goal was to point that it's not like in the movies. He can't demand the lawyer, he can't even stay silent. A lot of things to slip the tongue during the nine hours of interrogation. Being detained under terrorist laws, it must have occurred to him that they can even throw him in Guantanamo and claim legality. Intimidation, you bet!
  • jacquesm 13y ago
    Guantanamo is not a UK facility.
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    • acqq 13y ago
      Do you claim that UK doesn't deliver the "terrorist suspects" to the US? Do you claim that US then never places somebody in Guantanamo? Do you claim such order of events is impossible?
  • dsuth 13y ago
    How do you propose they forced him to talk? They're interrogators, not torturers. It would be perfectly valid to sit there and refuse to answer questions for 9 hours, if not particularly pleasant.
    • acqq 13y ago
      "If you don't answer our questions, you will be charged and kept here." It's legal in UK for them to actually open the case then.
    • pjmlp 13y ago
      They just need to play bad cop and very bad cop, most people are not prepared to deal with that kind of psychological pressure.
• jtheory 13y ago
  I suspect that sentence was included primarily for the joke.