Miranda detention, passwords given up

[Nicholas Bohm]

On 20/08/2013 17:04, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
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> On 20 August 2013 16:53, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
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>     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
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>     "for the purpose of determining whether he appears to be a person
>     falling within section 40(1)(b)"
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>     i.e. whether he appears to be
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>     "a person who ... is or has been concerned in the commission,
>     preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism."
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>     As far as I can tell, what reportedly happened to Miranda isn't
>     anywhere near that.
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>     Scotland Yard claim it was lawful, but I can't see how it could be.
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> This was one of the grounds raised by Bindmans:
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> http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/aug/20/david-miranda-letter-home-office
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Perhaps it will be contended that hacking the NSA with a view to
influencing the (US) Government = terrorism as defined in the Act.

It would be nice to see that argued out in public.

Nick
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