David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't cooperate'

Mr. Miranda: <i>They were threatening me all the time and saying I would be put in jail if I didn&#x27;t co-operate. (...) They got me to tell them the passwords for my computer and mobile phone. They said I was obliged to answer all their questions and used the words &#x27;prison&#x27; and &#x27;station&#x27; all the time. (...) I don&#x27;t even know if it was documents that I was carrying. It could have been for the movie that Laura is working on.</i><p>So he <i>did give</i> his passwords (there&#x27;s really a law in UK for that) and he <i>was</i> carrying something, exactly as the interrogators expected.

Is it just me, or has the war of the state against the people started in earnest?

I wonder if any of the law enforcement officials detaining Miranda and threatening him with jail if he didn&#x27;t cooperate fully appreciated the irony of his last name at the time.

This story makes me sad. It is egregious to use an anti-terrorism statute against an innocent and obviously non-terrorist citizen in this manner. Saying I expected better from the UK would be an understatement.

Can we all agree now that the slippery slope is real and had been slid down?

&gt; &quot;I knew my country would protect me, and I believe in my husband and knew that he would do anything to help me.&quot;<p>Can the media please start saying &quot;Greenwald&#x27;s husband&quot; instead of &quot;Greenwald&#x27;s partner&quot;? They&#x27;re married, and &quot;partner&quot; has a business connotation that&#x27;s just confusing in this context when you don&#x27;t know the history of the couple.