Written by: Associated Press
1 min readLondonAug 21, 2013 01:30 AM IST
First published on: Aug 21, 2013 at 01:30 AM IST
The British government Tuesday defended the detention of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwalds partner for nine hours at Heathrow Airport,saying authorities have a duty to protect the public and our national security.
Police used a contentious anti-terrorism law to detain David Miranda, who was travelling home to Brazil after visiting Germany.
The government and the police have a duty to protect the public and our national security, the Home Office said in a statement,adding that police were right to stop people suspected of possessing highly sensitive stolen information that would help terrorism.
A lawyer said Miranda had begun legal action against the government,calling his detention unlawful and seeking assurances that officials would not share the sensitive,confidential journalistic material seized from him with anyone.
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