British High Court Limits the Inspection of Material Seized From Glenn Greenwald's Partner
Data can only be copied, shared, or inspected for national security reasons
Only partial examination of material seized from a Brazilian man held at Heathrow airport under anti-terror laws can take place, judges have ruled.
David Miranda, the partner of a Guardian journalist who exposed secret information on US data surveillance, has been granted a limited injunction.
It stops government and police "inspecting, copying or sharing" data, except for national security purposes.
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Oh, only for national security purposes. Well, that only covers basically everthing they would want to do, and anything else given that once they claim national security they get to act in secret.