Submission + - Lord Blair: we need laws to stop 'principled' leaking of state secrets (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Tougher laws are needed to prevent members of the public from revealing official secrets, former Metropolitan police commissioner Lord Blair has said.
The peer insisted there was material the state had to keep secret, and powers had to be in place to protect it.
The intervention comes after police seized what they said were thousands of classified documents from David Miranda – the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has been reporting leaks from the former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden.
The Home Office has defended the use of anti-terrorism laws to detain and question Miranda at Heathrow airport earlier this month.
The peer insisted there was material the state had to keep secret, and powers had to be in place to protect it.
The intervention comes after police seized what they said were thousands of classified documents from David Miranda – the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has been reporting leaks from the former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden.
The Home Office has defended the use of anti-terrorism laws to detain and question Miranda at Heathrow airport earlier this month.