Tag Archives: David Miranda

Has The Intercept been intercepted?

Posted on Sunday 20 April 2014 by Rob Godfrey

Last week, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras flew to New York City, to accept a George Polk award for journalism, along with The Guardian’s Ewen MacAskill and The Washington Post’s Barton Gellman (here). Greenwald and Poitras went through JFK Airport, … Continue reading →

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Syria

Posted on Friday 30 August 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Yesterday, UK politicians voted against military intervention in the Syria conflict, although it was a close call: 272 votes for military action, 285 against. It’s the first time in modern history that MPs have voted against a Prime Minister’s call … Continue reading →

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Top notch stuff, Rusbridger

Posted on Tuesday 20 August 2013 by Rob Godfrey

The Guardian Editor, Alan Rusbridger, published a quite extraordinary piece last night. Below the line in the reader comments section I called the article ‘a quite substantial piece of history’. Another commentator described what I’d said as hyperbole, so let … Continue reading →

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Rule, Britannia

Posted on Monday 19 August 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Yesterday, David Miranda, a Brazilian citizen, was detained for nine hours at Heathrow Airport while transiting from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. Miranda is the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who’s breaking the Edward Snowden stories. It seems certain … Continue reading →

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