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Use of Terrorism Act to be debated after David Miranda detainment
Source: The Guardian
Use of Terrorism Act to be debated after David Miranda detainment
An emergency motion condemning the "over-broad" use of the Terrorism Act of 2000, which was used to detain David Miranda at Heathrow airport last month, is to be debated at the Liberal Democrat conference on Wednesday.
Lady Ludford, a Lib Dem MEP, secured a debate on the act after denouncing the "outrageous" suggestion of the Home Office that anyone who questioned the detention of Miranda was in danger of condoning terrorism.
Ludford's motion asks the conference to say that it is "disturbed" by the "extensive use" of schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act of 2000. The act allows police to detain anyone at a port or an airport even if they have no grounds to suspect them of terrorist activity.
Miranda is the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has written a string of stories about widespread electronic surveillance by the NSA, based on files leaked by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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An emergency motion condemning the "over-broad" use of the Terrorism Act of 2000, which was used to detain David Miranda at Heathrow airport last month, is to be debated at the Liberal Democrat conference on Wednesday.
Lady Ludford, a Lib Dem MEP, secured a debate on the act after denouncing the "outrageous" suggestion of the Home Office that anyone who questioned the detention of Miranda was in danger of condoning terrorism.
Ludford's motion asks the conference to say that it is "disturbed" by the "extensive use" of schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act of 2000. The act allows police to detain anyone at a port or an airport even if they have no grounds to suspect them of terrorist activity.
Miranda is the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has written a string of stories about widespread electronic surveillance by the NSA, based on files leaked by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/16/terrorism-act-debated