Miranda detention, passwords given up

[Igor Mozolevsky]

On 20 August 2013 16:53, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

Anyway, I was looking at paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act
> 2000, and saw that apart from some Northern-Ireland-specific stuff, the
> only purpose for which a person can be questioned (or detained) under
> Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is
>
> "for the purpose of determining whether he appears to be a person falling
> within section 40(1)(b)"
>
> i.e. whether he appears to be
>
> "a person who ... is or has been concerned in the commission, preparation
> or instigation of acts of terrorism."
>
> As far as I can tell, what reportedly happened to Miranda isn't anywhere
> near that.
>
> Scotland Yard claim it was lawful, but I can't see how it could be.
>

This was one of the grounds raised by Bindmans:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/aug/20/david-miranda-letter-home-office

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Igor M.
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