Jeb And Jeets Are Splitsville. Folks, our worst fears have seem to have come true: Jeb and Jeets have reportedly gone their separate ways, bringing an end to their joint pursuit of the Miami Marlins. Both the Associated Press and the Miami Herald are reporting that Jeb has dropped out of the quest for the Marlins, leaving Jeets to try to secure the necessary funding on his own. The effort to use social media to vet immigrants and refugees is part of the “extreme vetting” overhaul Trump has promised his base in order to block terrorists.Folks, our worst fears have seem to have come true: Jeb and Jeets have reportedly gone their separate ways, bringing an end to their joint pursuit of the Miami. Here's why Theresa May is still set for a landslide. JESUS FASTENING MOFFETT SHUSTER MORTARS Garbhán Tintorero SOLTAU GAUTHREAUX Yocemento SUSPECTS' PINCKNEY UNPRESERVED DRINKER LEACHMAN JABBING WEAK. Based on the Herald’s report, it sounds like Jeets kicked Jeb to the curb, not a gift basket in sight: An MLB source briefed on the Marlins’ sales talks said an issue had arisen regarding whether Bush could be the group’s “control person” — in essence, the managing general partner — while having so little of his own money invested in the deal. Bush was investing less than $2. The source would not go as far as to say MLB would not allow Bush to be the control person under those circumstances, but said it had become a problematic issue in recent days. An MLB spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Why This Man Is Risking Jail by Refusing to Surrender Passwords at a London Airport . It would’ve been more astonishing had he simply walked up to the passport counter, declared his business and been allowed to pass. A British activist whose work entails the defense of people affected by British anti- terror laws—and the war on terror, more broadly—Rabbani has spent hours in detention whilst traveling in and out of the UK. But this Wednesday will be the first time he’s faced criminal charges resulting from such an encounter.“If you’re stopped and questioned and don’t answer, that’s a criminal offense.”Although not suspected of any crime, Rabbani, 3. Heathrow, just as he had been “about 2. This time, however, he was carrying a laptop, the contents of which include information he describes as relevant to a case of torture involving the US government. Asked to surrender his password and decrypt the files, he refused. Four hours later, Rabbani, the international director of the human rights group Cage, was arrested and taken to a police station in the London borough of Hillingdon, where he spent the following day in jail. He was held under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, a law which grants police broad powers when it comes to the detention and interrogation of British citizens entering and leaving the country. To link to this poem, put the URL below into your page: <a href="http:// of Myself by Walt Whitman</a> Plain for. Muhammad Rabbani wasn’t shocked last winter when he was stopped by British authorities at Heathrow airport. It would’ve been more astonishing had he simply walked. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Blast the Sugar Out!: Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, Live Better at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product. A citizen need not be suspected of committing any crime before being detained for up to six hours, during which time they may interrogated or have their electronic devices searched. Refusing to answer any question, or cooperate at any point, constitutes a criminal offense. Update: Rabbani was charged Wednesday morning under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2. He is due to appear before a Westminster magistrate on June 2. Tens of thousands of people are detained each year under the 2. As many as 5. 61,6. Middle East Eye (citing British Home Office figures). In the same period, as many as 5. Schedule 7, police are authorized to conduct what Rabbani has come to describe as a “digital strip search,” even without reasonable suspicion. Cage describes itself as an “independent advocacy organization working to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror.” The group, which includes a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner released without charge, often provokes what Rabbani calls “uncomfortable conversations” about how Western nations deal with the threat of terrorism—and in particular, actions that are perceived to stir resentment among, and radicalize, young Muslims. In an interview Monday with Gizmodo over an encrypted phone call, Rabbani described his experiences being detained under Schedule 7 and further explained why he’s refusing to hand over his passwords. Gizmodo: How many times have you been stopped under Schedule 7 and what’s that process generally like? Rabbani: Over the last decade or so, about 2. I’ve been held under that power. Essentially, you land at the airport, you go to the passport desk, and at that point usually they’ll say, “have you reported your passport stolen or lost,” or something. That’s their typical sort of remark. There’s thousands of people, or hundreds of people all around you, and you’re just sitting there not allowed to pass. And then somebody does some checks and they come back. Let’s say there’s a counterterrorism officer available, they’ll come and take you for questioning. If they’re not available, or they’re busy off doing other things, then nothing happens. They just make a note and it’s, “Okay, no problem. You can go now.”“As you progress through the stages, you lose more and more of your rights.”That part of the stop lasts about a half hour. There’s no questioning beyond the basic things, like: “Where did you come from?” “What was the purpose of your trip?” “How long were you there?” If it proceeds from there on to something further, then the Schedule 7 process begins at that point. The Schedule 7 process is divided into three stages. There’s a screening stage, an examination stage, and there’s a detention stage. As you progress through the stages, you lose more and more of your rights. The screening stages, for most people who are not aware, is a part of Schedule 7 stops, but it’s not recorded. And that’s a crucial difference, because the authorities do not collect data on how many people they’ve stopped under the screening stage. What they do collect is when it goes on to the examination stage, which lasts a maximum of one hour. Under the examination stage, you’re essentially interrogated, searched, and you have no right to remain silent. That’s pretty much it. Under the examination stage you can be searched, your devices can be confiscated, and because you have no right to remain silent, this is where it’s connected to the gist of my case. You have to answer when they ask you, “What’s your password?” Most Schedule 7 stops, that’s enough for the authorities to collect data on you. But some progress onto the final stage, which is detention. In that stage, your DNA can be taken, fingerprints can be taken, and you can be strip searched physically. Now, in the process that I’ve described, there’s never a suggestion that you’re suspected of a crime; there’s no accusation of a crime; there’s no formal accusation of anything. In fact, the opposite is usually asserted: “You have nothing to worry about. You’re under no suspicion. We’re just going to ask you some questions.” But obviously, you can see how invasive the entire process is. So that’s typically what happens and that’s what I’ve experienced on the many, many occasions that I’ve been stopped coming back to the UK, particularly; sometimes it’s also on the way out. What happened different on this occasion, when I explained to the officers that I can’t hand over my passwords, they decided to escalate the issue. They arrested me after about three to four hours of trying to reason with them. I asked them, for example: “If I were a doctor, or a therapist, or a teacher, or someone who has clients, someone who has patients, and I said to you that I can’t just give you all of that personal information, especially when you’re not accusing me of any wrongdoing, I’m sure you can understand that I’d be in my right to protect that information.” And they said, “Yes, we understand, however, this is the law.” And I said: “Look, then you’ve got something wrong then. Your interpretation must be wrong because the law can’t—what I know is the law requires any public servant or public official to protect that data, to protect confidentiality and trust. That’s actually enshrined in an act in the U. K. But what you guys are telling me clearly contradicts that, and you’re instead requiring me to do the opposite, which is to breach that confidentiality and trust, when I’m not accused of a crime and you’re not even suggesting that I’m under suspicion.”Gizmodo: How often do you get to the detention stage? Does it happen every time? Rabbani: It’s not often. It’s some of the time. I can’t remember how many. But I think the important thing here is, whether I or somebody else reaches that stage, it’s actually secondary. The most important thing is that such powers exist to begin with. There must be a logic to creating powers, and I think that’s one of the reasons why we’re bringing this challenge and trying to raise awareness around it—to say, there are laws currently operating in the UK, which are not consistent with due process norms. And they’re not consistent with, what we call in the UK, the rule of law. And that cannot be right. That simply can’t be right. Everyone should, before denying a person their liberty, they have the right to at least know what wrong that they’ve done, or what they’re suspected of doing.“I’d have more rights at that point, accused of being involved in murder, than I would have arriving back home from a trip abroad at the border.”I was saying to a colleague earlier on today that if, right now, I went outside onto the streets of London and some police officers came and stopped me and arrested me and said, “We believe you’re involved in a murder,” I’d have more rights at that point, accused of being involved in murder, than I would have arriving back home from a trip abroad at the border. So that’s the disparity that we’re trying to highlight. Gizmodo: You were arrested and then released, but still you’re facing charges this Wednesday? Rabbani: That’s exactly correct. I was arrested and held for one day in prison. When I declined . I was held there for one whole day while they worked out what to do. And they decided not to charge me, so I was bailed to appear at a police station a few months later. So that’s the situation I’m in. Gizmodo: Which police station? Rabbani: The one that I was kept at, it’s called Polar Park Police Station. The one I need to appear at is called Bethnal Green Police Station. Gizmodo: What’s the range of potential consequences you face for not surrendering your password? Rabbani: As it stands currently, if I’m found guilty, the worst case scenario is I land in prison for three months. The sort of better scenario is I end up with a fine. But it’s a terrorism conviction. So what would happen is the court will more or less determine that I’m a terrorist which is quite crazy because there’s no terrorism involved in this. All it boils down to a password. And it’s something that I believe anybody, any person in my position would try to do: protect their clients or patients. But I must also add here that the police have threatened me in a formal letter to my solicitors that—I’ve already said that I haven’t given my passwords, but they’re also still trying to get my passwords, even though I’ve committed the alleged offense and it’s done. It was done in broad daylight in front of other police officers. There’s nothing more to determine. But what they are wanting to do is still get my passwords. So what they’ve said to my solicitors is that they will be considering making an application under a different law called RIPA .
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