Donate Today!     Popular content  UK Claim That 'Journalism
Equals Terrorism' Sparks Outrage  Case of David Miranda, say
critics, is example of state repression of the fourth estate  -
Jon Queally, staff writer  Outrage and denunciations are
following reports out of the UK which show that the British
government has labeled the husband of journalist Glenn Greenwald
a "terrorist" for allegedly possessing leaked NSA documents
while passing through London's Heathrow Airport earlier this
year.  David Miranda (left) and Glenn Greenwald (right)
testifying in October before Brazilian parliamentary committee
(Creative Commons-licensed photo from Agência Senado) In August,
David Miranda was detained by security while on a layover
between Germany and the home he shares with Greenwald in Brazil.
Detained for nearly nine hours under the claimed authority of a
anti-terrorism statute in the country called Schedule 7, the
incident made international headlines within the larger dramatic
arch surrounding the story of NSA spyi