Detaining Miranda under the Terrorism Act is like arresting a pot smoker for murder.

[last1standing]

4. LOL! You praised one of my threads this morning then Damned this one.

I honestly like that you say what you think.

And it is a horrible hyperbolic analogy but I think it makes the point. What does alleged smuggling have to do with terrorism any more than smoking pot is tied with committing murder? If the British government wanted to detain Miranda or search him, why use a law supposedly designed to deter terrorism instead of existing laws that deter smuggling?

If Miranda actually did have classified documents on his person and the government had reason to believe such, then I'm not against them searching him. I'm against bending laws meant to stop atrocities to intimidate and bully individuals and that's what appears to have happened at first blush.