Journalist

Glenn Greenwald, Guardian Journalist, Says Brazil Outrage Protected His Partner From Terrorism Act Arrest At UK Airport

David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and a Brazilian citizen, was detained for nine hours at London’s Heathrow Airport on his way home to Brazil from Berlin. British authorities said Miranda was held and questioned under a 2000 anti-terrorism law which has been widely criticized for granting police broad powers to stop and carry out searches on people without reasonable permission. Greenwald says his partner was held because of his reportage on top-secret NSA surveillance programs.

Helen Thomas, Pioneering Woman Journalist , Dies at 92

Thomas, who made no secret of her political opinions, came to fame for her unashamedly pugilistic questioning of US presidents. In 2010 she resigned as a White House reporter after a video emerged in which she made baldly anti-Israel comments.

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