“British authorities can sift through electronic documents seized from journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Brazilian partner, in the interests of ‘national security’, a court ruled on Thursday. The ‘highly sensitive’ material could risk lives, said UK police. Two judges gave authorities until Aug. 30 to analyze ‘thousands’ of documents, according to a police lawyer. ‘he home office and police now have seven days to prove that there is a genuine threat to national security, rather than make mere assertions as they have done today,’ stated lawyer Gwendolen Morgan after the ruling was passed.”
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British authorities can sift through electronic documents seized from journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Brazilian partner, in the interests of “national security”, a court ruled on Thursday. The “highly sensitive” material could risk lives, said UK police.
Two judges gave authorities until Aug. 30 to analyze “ thousands” of documents, according to a police lawyer.
“The home office and police now have seven days to prove that there is a genuine threat to national security, rather than make mere assertions as they have done today,” stated lawyer Gwendolen Morgan after the ruling was passed.
Late on Thursday afternoon, London police announced that the data which had been seized includes”highly sensitive” material, the disclosure of which “could put lives at risk.”