David Miranda's detention at Heathrow 'extraordinary', says Keith Vaz | World news | theguardian.com

I guess one thing this story shows is just how far in bed with America the UK truly is. They detained a journalists partner for several hours, confiscated his possessions, and all clearly because Britain/America have incredibly red faces for being shown up as the dictatorial, oppressors of freedom and privacy that they are. Basically, the terrorist act will be used in a personal, pathetic way in order to intimidate and scare. I find it an incredibly brazen and stupid move on the part of the UK as it is only going to make more and more people question their motivations and transparency.

The UK knows that David Miranda is hardly a terrorist, but used the act as a bully boy tactic to shake him down and search for Snowden clues and information. I doubt Miranda would have been so silly though. So, another black mark on the faux 'free' British. They are lapdog yes men and just as culpable for spying as the US and are willing to detain you for 8 hours and search through everything you have in order to scare you.