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The prosecution of a Swedish national accused of terrorist activities in Syria has collapsed at the Old Bailey after it became clear Britain’s security and intelligence agencies would have been deeply embarrassed had a trial gone ahead, the Guardian can reveal.[/i]
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how did they even have jurisdiction over him
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Panopticon posted:

how did they even have jurisdiction over him



According to the article:

"Gildo was was flying to Manila to join his wife, a Filipina, when he was stopped under schedule 7 of the 2000 Terrorism Act, the same statute used to question David Miranda, partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, in 2013"

The court heard that Gildo had sought the help of the Swedish secret service, Sapo, when he wanted to return to his home country."

And according to an article written last October, he was arrested in Heathrow:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/03/swedish-national-arrested-heathrow-terror-offences

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And may Imperialism suffer much more potential embarrassment!