Yes it does read like dirty tricks alright, particularly this which might as well be a statement from Theresa May who stands over the abuse of the terrorism law

Yes it does read like dirty tricks alright, particularly this which might as well be a statement from Theresa May who stands over the abuse of the terrorism law: >"the Metropolitan Police announced it was launching a terrorism investigation.. Scotland Yard said material examined so far from the computer of Mr Miranda was “highly sensitive”, the disclosure of which “could put lives at risk”. " I see that as an attempt at discrediting Miranda/Greenwald/The Guardian. > The Government also demanded that the paper not publish details of how UK telecoms firms, including BT and Vodafone, were secretly collaborating with GCHQ... But it only published information on the scheme... after the allegations appeared in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. More of the same > The Independent understands that The Guardian agreed to the Government’s request not to publish any material contained in the Snowden documents that could damage national security... But there are fears in Government that Mr Greenwald – who still has access to the files – could attempt to release damaging information. More of the same I think the fact there is a base in the middle east is already known from this: http://oglobo.globo.com/infograficos/volume-rastreamento-governo-americano/ http://oglobo.globo.com/infograficos/volume-rastreamento-gov... I think the GCHQ involvement and the BT, Vodafone are the only new information. So it smells pretty bad, especially combined with the misdirection about being in Snowden's files.