Glenn Greenwald: "Detaining My Partner: A Failed Attempt at Intimidation"

[JimDandy]

351. Because I couldn't have said it any better:

Making Greenwald's point for him

by David Atkins

I've had my issues with Greenwald. But I don't care if you believe that Greenwald and Snowden are the embodiments of the Anti-Christ. I don't care what documents Greenwald's spouse was carrying, how classified they were, or whether you believe that Greenwald is a journalist. I don't care.

When a government detains someone who is very clearly not a terrorist for nine hours without access to an attorney under a terrorism statute, that government has proven every point Greenwald wanted to make. The argument is over right there.

And every "progressive" with a beef against Greenwald who attempts to defend the UK's actions does nothing more than prove Greenwald's point. Governments that detain civil libertarian bloggers and journalists as terrorists deserve every heaping of scorn they get, as do those who defend them.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/making-greenwalds-point-for-him-by.html