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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJEFFREY TOOBIN: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Was Like A 'Drug Mule' Carrying His Information
Jeffrey Toobin, the CNN and New Yorker legal analyst, compared Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda to a "drug mule" ferrying information, which Toobin said led to Miranda's lengthy detention on Sunday by UK authorities.
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CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Toobin Tuesday night after Greenwald and Miranda made a joint appearance on the show whether he thought the British government was justified in its nine-hour detention.
"I sure do," Toobin said.
"Let's be clear about what Mr. Miranda's role was here. I don't want to be unkind, but he was a mule. He was given something he didn't know what it was for one person to pass to another at the other end of an airport. Our prisons are full of drug mules..."
Toobin went on to say that Greenwald's view of the situation that because he is a journalist at one end of the exchange means Greenwald thinks that Miranda could have taken "anything he wants." Nuclear launch codes, names of undercover agents, and more.
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CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Toobin Tuesday night after Greenwald and Miranda made a joint appearance on the show whether he thought the British government was justified in its nine-hour detention.
"I sure do," Toobin said.
"Let's be clear about what Mr. Miranda's role was here. I don't want to be unkind, but he was a mule. He was given something he didn't know what it was for one person to pass to another at the other end of an airport. Our prisons are full of drug mules..."
Toobin went on to say that Greenwald's view of the situation that because he is a journalist at one end of the exchange means Greenwald thinks that Miranda could have taken "anything he wants." Nuclear launch codes, names of undercover agents, and more.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-toobin-david-miranda-drug-mule-glenn-greenwald-2013-8
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JEFFREY TOOBIN: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Was Like A 'Drug Mule' Carrying His Information (Original Post)
FarCenter
Aug 2013
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FourScore
(9,704 posts)1. What hppened to Jeffrey Toobin? He used to be a good guy.
There must be something that happens to these "talking heads". They seem to lose their perspective.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)2. Nuclear launch codes?
Oh for fuck's sake.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)3. Toobin is a coward. He doesn't want to be classified as one of
"those" journalists who threaten the establishment, therefore
safe to keep reporting non-news...in this case a critique of
David Miranda. imho
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)4. Jeffrey Toobin is like an ass.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)5. Stay classy, Jeffrey! nt
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)6. He got his disgusting talking points from DU.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)7. Toobin reads DU?
How do you know this?