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Claim

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The government said police were right to stop people suspected of carrying material that could help terrorism.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The government said police were right to stop people suspected of carrying material that could help terrorism.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Government defends the detention
About
incident 2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives
Source
UK defends Snowden-linked detention archived copy
Publisher
Al Jazeera
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2013-08-20

Quotation from the source

police were right to stop people suspected of possessing 'highly sensitive stolen information that would help terrorism.'