Lawyers acting for the journalist's partner held for nine hours under anti-terror laws have won an order to stop the Government and police "inspecting, copying or sharing" data seized from him - except "for the purpose of protecting national security".
David Miranda's legal team were granted the order, which will run until Friday 30 August.
The High Court will then consider further Mr Miranda's application for an interim injunction to stop examination "until the legality of that seizure has been determined by this court".
UK Independent
The High Court said the authorities could examine the seized material for the defence of national security and also to investigate whether Mr Miranda, 28, is a person who is or has been concerned with the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
BBC
Which involved discussion with US authorities.Jonathan Laidlaw, a lawyer representing the Metropolitan Police, told the court a criminal investigation has been launched following inspection of the material seized from Miranda.
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The Metropolitan Police have called what happened "legally and procedurally sound" and said it came after "a detailed decision-making process."
CNN
Kind of a wash, isn't it? Authorities can examine the property for the purpose of national security only but they may examine it to determine whether Mr. Miranda contained a threat to national security. Or is that a Catch-22?
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