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> Miranda was then released without charge, but officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles.

Thievery and intimidation are good indicators of who and what we're dealing with.

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As IRC has taught us for two decades, there are probably few things more antagonistic than a butthurt pirate.

What are you on about?

If you're not familiar with IRC, it probably won't make much sense. It made sense to some people before the downvotes, though.

That's not even coherent with the government's story. Or are you really claiming that he was detained and had thousands of dollars of equipment confiscated because Greenwald downloaded some Kylie Minogue MP3s?

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