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In reply to the discussion: White House: US Was Given 'Heads Up' Before David Miranda Detained - GuardianUK [View all]Hydra
(14,459 posts)And I agree- the law is so open you could drive a zeppelin through it with room to spare as the police. On the victim side? About as little wiggle room as the bars at gitmo. I posted what I could find- there is a code of conduct for the main terror bill where a person must be allowed to contact someone(obviously Miranda was able to), be offered legal counsel(your own or theirs) and a copy of the code of conduct.
They could argue that because he was not actually arrested that he did not have those rights...but they'll be too busy explaining why Miranda is a terrorist, since the spirit of the law is that yes you have these absurd powers, but you're only allowed to use them in the pursuit of terrorism(and confiscate items therein).
We'll see if we're all considered terrorists by the law, I would guess.