They'll show him for wanting his stuff back! My wife pointed this story out to me last night. I took it for granted DKos would be atwitter (so to speak!) with it this morning, but as far as I can tell, nary a peep. From the notorious hate site Reuters:
At a London court hearing this week for for Miranda’s lawsuit, a document called a “Ports Circulation Sheet” was read into the record. It was prepared by Scotland Yard – in consultation with the MI5 counterintelligence agency – and circulated to British border posts before Miranda’s arrival. The precise date of the document is unclear.
“Intelligence indicates that Miranda is likely to be involved in espionage activity which has the potential to act against the interests of UK national security,” according to the document.
“We assess that Miranda is knowingly carrying material the release of which would endanger people’s lives,” the document continued. “Additionally the disclosure, or threat of disclosure, is designed to influence a government and is made for the purpose of promoting a political or ideological cause. This therefore falls within the definition of terrorism…”
I'll try to stick around for awhile to attend to comments, but I wasn't planning a diary this morning and I do have stuff to do. I don't have much to add in any case; just want to get this out there. The Brits are even more enamored of the surveillance state than we are and have few effective defenses against it. They don't even have a Bill of Rights to ignore. The Magna Carta is a powerful document... if you're a lord fighting to keep the king in his place. Didn't matter much to the serfs either way.
6:25 AM PT: I see it was covered in the overnight news digest Friday: http://www.dailykos.com/...