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Glenn Greenwald on the Trump Memo, the CIA and Russia - BBC Newsnight

Glenn Greenwald is scathing about the CIA as he speaks to Emily Maitlis about the publication of memos which claim that Russia has compromising material on Donald Trump.

Glenn Greenwald on Impact of Edward Snowden's Revelations

Jun. 23, 2014 - 10:48 - Journalist says new disclosure is 'imminent'

Terrorist & Spy? Greenwald's Partner Accused by UK for Carrying Snowden Docs

British authorities say the partner of a newspaper reporter who's been publishing Edward Snowden's leaks, was involved in espionage and terrorism. The accusation was made in a Scotland Yard document which is being used as evidence in a London court hearing. A hearing for David Miranda's legal challenge is scheduled for next week. Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, joins RT to talk about how it may play out.

THE OBSERVER: Metropolitan police detained David Miranda for promoting 'political' causes: Justification for airport detention of partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald alarms human rights groups and Tory MP » | Jamie Doward | Saturday, November 02, 2013

As Europe Erupts Over US Spying, NSA Chief Says Government Must Stop Media

NSA Director, General Keith Alexander

THE GUARDIAN: With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of press freedom is crushed

The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger over new revelations about pervasive NSA surveillance on their population and democratically elected leaders.

As was true for Brazil previously, reports about surveillance aimed at leaders are receiving most of the media attention, but what really originally drove the story there were revelations that the NSA is bulk-spying on millions and millions of innocent citizens in all of those nations. The favorite cry of US government apologists -– everyone spies! -– falls impotent in the face of this sort of ubiquitous, suspicionless spying that is the sole province of the US and its four English-speaking surveillance allies (the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). » | Glenn Greenwald | Friday, October 25, 2013

Glenn Greenwald Announces Departure from the Guardian

Glenn Greenwald

THE GUARDIAN: Journalist who broke stories about widespread NSA surveillance leaving to pursue 'once-in-a-career journalistic opportunity'

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who broke a string of stories about widespread electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency based on files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, has announced that he is leaving the Guardian.

In a statement posted on his blog, Greenwald said: "My partnership with the Guardian has been extremely fruitful and fulfilling. I have high regard for the editors and journalists with whom I worked and am incredibly proud of what we achieved.

"The decision to leave was not an easy one, but I was presented with a once-in-a-career opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline. » | Guardian staff | Tuesday, October 15, 2013

NSA-Affäre: Brasiliens Senat will Journalist Greenwald unter Polizeischutz stellen

Greenwald ist "Schutzbedürftig"

SPIEGEL ONLINE: In Brasilien sorgen neue NSA-Enthüllungen für Empörung. Der Senat lässt Vorwürfe prüfen, nach denen der US-Geheimdienst in dem Land gezielt spioniert haben soll. Die Abgeordneten fordern, den in Rio lebenden "Guardian"-Journalisten Glenn Greenwald und dessen Partner unter Polizeischutz zu stellen.

Brasilia - Der brasilianische Senat hat eine Kommission eingesetzt, die die Spionagevorwürfe gegen den US-Geheimdienst NSA untersuchen soll. Als erste Maßnahme forderte die Untersuchungskommission am Dienstag, den amerikanischen Journalisten Glenn Greenwald und seinen brasilianischen Lebenspartner David Miranda unter Polizeischutz zu stellen.

Greenwald berichtet seit Monaten für die britische Zeitung "Guardian" über die Enthüllungen des früheren US-Geheimdienstmitarbeiters Edward Snowden zu den Überwachungsprogrammen der NSA. » | fab/AFP | Mittwoch, 04. September 2013

Miranda Detention: 'Blatant Attack on Press Freedom'

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The detention of David Miranda -- partner of the Guardian journalist involved in the NSA revelations -- and the destruction of hard drives in the British newspaper's basement reveal one thing: Governments do not want their citizens to be informed when it comes to the topic of surveillance.

I woke up last Sunday in Berlin to an email from Glenn Greenwald with only one sentence: "I need to talk to you ASAP."

For the past three months, Glenn and I have been reporting on the NSA disclosures revealed to us by Edward Snowden.

I went online to the encrypted channel that Glenn and I use to communicate. He told me that he had just received a call telling him that his partner David Miranda was being detained at London's Heathrow airport under the Terrorism Act. David was traveling from Berlin where he had come to work with me. For the next six hours I was online with Glenn as he tried to find out what was happening to the person he loves most in the world. » | A Commentary by Laura Poitras | Monday, August 26, 2013

Miranda Rights: UK Takes Flak over Detention of Greenwald's Partner, File Destruction

A judge has ruled British police won't be able to fully inspect a lap-top or other items taken from the partner of a journalist who was involved in publishing NSA spy leaks. David Miranda was detained and questioned for nine hours under the Terrorism Act in London. The government's been under fire ever since detaining him, as well as forcing the Guardian newspaper to destroy files containing NSA data.

David Miranda's Detention Is a Threat to Press Freedom, Say European Editors

THE GUARDIAN: Newspapers urge prime minister to restore Britain's reputation for free press after holding of Guardian journalist's partner

The detention and subsequent criminal investigation into the partner of a Guardian journalist threatens to undermine the position of the free press around the world, the editors of several northern European newspapers have warned.

In an open letter to David Cameron published in today's Observer, the editors of Denmark's Politiken, Sweden's Dagens Nyheter, Norway's Aftenposten and Finland's Helsingin Sanomat describe the detention of David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, as harassment.

They say that the "events in Great Britain over the past week give rise to deep concern" and call on the British prime minister to "reinstall your government among the leading defenders of the free press".

Miranda was detained by the Metropolitan police for nine hours last Sunday as he was passing through Heathrow on his way to Brazil.

Greenwald has broken a series of stories about the US intelligence agencies based on material leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The editors describe a free press as crucial to holding governments and their intelligence agencies to account. They write: "We are surprised by the recent acts by officials of your government against our colleagues at the Guardian and deeply concerned that a stout defender of democracy and free debate like the United Kingdom uses anti-terror legislation in order to legalise what amounts to harassment of both the paper and individuals associated with it."

They add: "It is deeply disturbing that the police have now announced a criminal investigation" and they warn that "the implication of these acts may have ramifications far beyond the borders of the UK, undermining the position of the free press throughout the world". » | Jamie Doward | The Observer | Saturday, August 24, 2013

Druck auf den "Guardian": Cameron soll Schikanen angeordnet haben

21.08.2013 - Unter Aufsicht des britischen Geheimdienstes mussten die NSA-Enthüller ihr Recherchematerial zerstören. Das berichtet der "Guardian"-Chefredakteur. Der britische Premierminister soll angeordnet haben, die Redaktion unter Druck zu setzen.

'Sending a Message': What the US and UK Are Attempting to Do

THE GUARDIAN: State-loyal journalists seem to believe in a duty to politely submit to bullying tactics from political officials

Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger on Monday night disclosed the remarkable news that UK authorities, several weeks ago, threatened the Guardian UK with prior restraint if they did not destroy all of their materials provided by Edward Snowden, and then sent agents to the basement of the paper's offices to oversee the physical destruction of hard drives. The Guardian has more details on that episode today, and MSNBC's Chris Hayes interviewed the Guardian's editor-in-chief about it last night. As Rusbridger explains, this behavior was as inane as it was thuggish: since this is 2013, not 1958, destroying one set of a newspaper's documents doesn't destroy them all, and since the Guardian has multiple people around the world with copies, they achieved nothing but making themselves look incompetently oppressive.

But conveying a thuggish message of intimidation is exactly what the UK and their superiors in the US national security state are attempting to accomplish with virtually everything they are now doing in this matter. On Monday night, Reuters' Mark Hosenball reported the following about the 9-hour detention of my partner under a terrorism law, all with the advanced knowledge of the White House:

One US security official told Reuters that one of the main purposes of the British government's detention and questioning of Miranda was to send a message to recipients of Snowden's materials, including the Guardian, that the British government was serious about trying to shut down the leaks."

I want to make one primary point about that. On Monday, Reuters did the same thing to me as they did last month: namely, they again wildly distorted comments I made in an interview - speaking in Portuguese, at 5:00 am at the Rio airport, waiting for my partner to come home after finally being released - to manufacture the sensationalizing headline that I was "threatening" the UK government with "revenge" journalism. That wasn't remotely what I said or did, as I explained last night in a CNN interview (see Part 2). » | Glenn Greenwald | Wednesday, August 21, 2013

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Inside Story: Is the UK Intimidating Journalists?

As the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald is questioned by police, we ask if the UK's Terrorism Act is being misused.

UK Crackdown on Snowden Files

The British government's attempts to stem the tide of articles on mass surveillance have gone beyond intimidating the journalist behind the publications. Just a day after Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained at Heathrow airport, The Guardian's editor came forward describing how the authorities pressured the newspaper to destroy documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The UK government has reportedly confirmed the move was sanctioned by the Prime Minister himself.

Alan Rusbridger of The Guardian: I Would Rather Destroy the Copied Files Than Hand Them Back to the NSA and GCHQ

The Guardian's editor reveals why and how the newspaper destroyed computer hard drives containing copies of some of the secret files leaked by Edward Snowden. The decision was taken after a threat of legal action by the British government, that could have stopped the reporting on the extent of American and British state surveillance revealed by the document

UK Defends Snowden-linked Detention

Government cites "national security duty" in case of detention of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner.

Greenwald: UK Will Be 'Sorry' for Detaining Partner

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Guardian journalist who wrote stories exposing mass American surveillance programmes says UK government will be "sorry" for holding his partner for nine hours under the Terrorism Act, and vows to publish further secrets.

David Miranda was passing through London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday on his way home to Rio de Janeiro when he was held by police.

Mr Miranda, who lives with the reporter Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who interviewed American whistleblower Edward Snowden, was stopped at 8am returning from a trip to Berlin.

Speaking to reporters at Rio de Janeiro's airport, Mr Greenwald said Britain will be "sorry" for detaining his partner for nine hours. Mr Greenwald said: "I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now [on]. I am going to publish many more documents.

"I am going to publish things on England too. I have many documents on England's spy system. I think they will be sorry for what they did." » | Claire Carter and Andrew Marszal | Monday, August 19, 2013

US Denies Ordering Airport Detention

BBC: The US government has said it was not involved in the decision to detain the partner of a journalist who published information from US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

A White House spokesman said the decision to detain Mr Miranda "was not made at the request or with the involvement of the US government".

But he said British officials did give them a "heads up" about the detention.

David Miranda, 28, was held for nine hours by police at Heathrow on Sunday.

Police held Mr Miranda under terrorism laws but have not said why.

He said he was kept in a room and quizzed by "six agents". (+ video) » | Monday, August 19, 2013