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Let's enumerate how wrong this is: 1. This was done by the British for a slight against the American government. 2. This is against a member of the media, who
by emhs 13y ago
Let's enumerate how wrong this is:
1. This was done by the British for a slight against the American government.
2. This is against a member of the media, who are typically considered noncombatants in political conflicts.
3. It's really against a family member; doubly noncombatant.
4. The supposed slight is only the truthful announcement of a criminal act by the government in question.
5. This comes after the government recently argued that they could be trusted with such powers.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago>> "1. This was done by the British for a slight against the American government." Not true. He also exposed British spying through GCHQ. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/gchq http://www.theguardian.com/uk/gchq >> "2. This is against a member of the media, who are typically considered noncombatants in political conflicts." It was done against a member of the medias partner. He is not a journalist. NB: I'm not defending any of what happened it's very clearly wrong.
- jlgreco 13y ago>It was done against a member of the medias partner. He is not a journalist. >3. It's really against a family member; doubly noncombatant.
- goatforce5 13y agoFWIW, it seems as though he was returning from Berlin having been there in some capacity for The Guardian, and not just on personal or non-related matters: "While in Berlin, Miranda had visited Laura Poitras, the US film-maker who has also been working on the Snowden files with Greenwald and the Guardian. The Guardian paid for Miranda's flights." http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald...
- argumentum 13y ago>> He is not a journalist. Nowadays, we are all journalists. We all have means to publish material to a wide audience. From the 1st amendment: - Congress shall make no law ... etc ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; There is no distinction granting the "media" or "journalists" special rights that all of us don't get. We all should have freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
- eru 13y agoWhat does the 1st amendment to the US constitution have to do with events in Britain (or anywhere outside the US)?
- argumentum 13y agoThe post I was replying to mentioned that this may have been done "at the behest" of the US government. If so, it would be a violation of the 1st amendment, which states that the State has no ability to abridge speech or hinder the press, with no reference to any national border. The UK government acts under it's own laws, and so any 1st amendment violation depends on the US government's degree of involvement in the proceedings.