NSA Reporter Greenwald Sez He Won’t Be Intimidated

Glenn Greenwald

U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has written many of the stories based on the classified documents taken by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, said Monday (August 19th) that he'll publish with even more determination after British authorities detained his partner.

David Miranda, with whom Greenwald is in a civil union and lives with in Brazil, was detained by police Sunday at London's Heathrow Airport for nine hours under anti-terrorism legislation.

Greenwald, who reports for The Guardian newspaper in Britain, said he would "write much more aggressively than before" about government surveillance.

Speaking to reporters in Portuguese in Brazil, he said, "I'm going to publish many more things about England, as well. I have many documents about England's espionage system, and now my focus will be there, too. I think they'll regret what they've done."

The U.S. said they hadn't requested that Miranda be detained, but were tipped off by Britain about it. Miranda, a university student, was traveling home to Brazil after meeting in Germany with U.S. filmmaker Laura Poitras, who's worked with Greenwald on the NSA stories.

The Guardian said it paid for his flights, but he wasn't an employee of the newspaper, stating,

"As Glenn Greenwald's partner, he often assists him in his work. We would normally reimburse the expenses of someone aiding a reporter in such circumstances."

Greenwald told AP that Miranda was bringing back material from Poitras for stories he was working on related to the NSA and also bringing materials to her from Greenwald. The British agents confiscated Miranda's computer, Wi-Fi watch, cellphone, DVDs, memory sticks and some documents.