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In reply to the discussion: Miranda detention facts: [View all]MFrohike
(1,980 posts)I'd say your conclusion is a bit hasty. America's closest ally seized materials that presumably were stolen from its pre-eminent intelligence agency. It seems unbelievable that the US government is not involved. Not only that, it seems completely incompetent. Your closest ally gets your stuff back and you just lean back and watch it happen? Wouldn't that not only be incompetent but also in dereliction of your duty to protect those secrets? What's the point of multiple laws and penalties to protect your secrets if you're just going to kick back and let your allies worry about it?
The above is speculation, but it's reasonable speculation. Of course, it's equally possible the Brits got the word that Miranda was probably moving the materials and grabbed an opportunity to look over the treasure trove first. They told our government because they didn't have a choice. If you grab the spouse of the guy releasing your ally's secrets because you think he's carrying more of those secrets and you do it in public, you have to make the courtesy call. It's simply covering your own ass.
Anyway, those are just a couple of scenarios about what could have happened. In the second, there's less involvement by the US government but in neither is there no involvement. While I'll grant it's possible, under the premise that ANYTHING is possible, it's quite unlikely that the US government had no role at all in this situation.