Breaking: British Officials Gave U.S. "Heads Up" About Decision to Detain Glenn Greenwald's Partner
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Source: Reuters / Guardian
@Reuters: British officials gave U.S. the "heads up" about decision to detain Glenn Greenwald's partner: White House #breaking
@BreakingNews: RT @breakingpol: White House: British officials gave US a 'heads up' on the David Miranda detention - @markfelsenthal http://t.co/zsBuxhQ3wk
Brits gave US the heads up on the Miranda detention, WH spox Earnest tells reporters at briefing
1:38pm - 19 Aug 13
Here's what we know after that White House press briefing:
• The US was given a "heads up" before David Miranda, partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, was detained in London. White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest confirmed on Monday that the UK alerted the US government that they would hold Miranda before he arrived at London's Heathrow airport.
• The White House said it did not give the order for Miranda to be detained, but nevertheless was kept aware of developments. "We had an indication it was likely to occur but it's not something we requested," Earnest said. Pressed on when the US was told Miranda would be held, he added: "It probably wouldn't be a heads up if they had told us about it after the detainment." Earnest said it would be "accurate" to interpret this to mean the US was told Miranda would be detained when his name appeared on the manifest.
• Earnest would not deny that the US had obtained access to Miranda's electronic material. Several items, including laptops, were seized at Heathrow. Asked by a reporter to "rule out that the US has obtained this material", Earnest said: "I'm not in a position to do that right now."
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2013/aug/19/glenn-greenwald-partner-detained-live-reaction
http://swampland.time.com/2013/08/19/white-house-wont-condemn-detention-of-glenn-greenwalds-partner
White House Won’t Condemn Detention Of Glenn Greenwald’s Partner
White House says the U.S. government got a "heads up" that detention was going to happen
By Zeke J Miller @zekejmillerAug. 19, 20130
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Elements of the United States government were given a “heads up” before the British government detained David Miranda, the Brazilian partner of Glenn Greenwald, for nine hours over the weekend, White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday. He also declined to condemn the action.
“There was a heads up that was provided by the British government,” he told reporters in the midst of a spirited exchange with reporters. “So this — again, this is something that we had an indication was likely to occur, but it’s not something that we requested. And it’s something that was done specifically by the British law enforcement officials there.”
Earnest said there were “classified, confidential conversations” around the detention, but would not state whether the U.S. government expressed displeasure with the action. He would not say why the British informed the American government before the detention.
Miranda was detained for nine hours under that country’s Terrorism Act while transiting through Heathrow Airport, and had a range of electronic devices confiscated. He was travelling home from Germany, where he had stayed for a time with Laura Poitras, an American documentary filmmaker who has worked with Greenwald on stories about the National Security Agency. Greenwald is the author of a series of articles about the United States’ intelligence efforts at home and abroad based on information given to him by admitted Edward Snowden, a former U.S. intelligence contractor.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317667-white-house-says-it-wasnt-involved-in-uks-detention-of-greenwalds-partner
White House: We weren't involved in detaining Greenwald's partner
By Justin Sink - 08/19/13 01:31 PM ET
The White House said Monday that it was not involved in the British government’s decision to detain the partner of Glenn Greenwald at Heathrow Airport over the weekend.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the detainment of David Miranda, who lives with Greenwald in Brazil, was “a law enforcement action that was taken by the British government.”
“The United States was not involved in that decision or that action,” said Earnest, who acknowledged the British government did inform the United States that the detention was likely to occur.
"There was a heads up that was provided by the British government,"
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that was my question. My guess is no. 
