Robert Blake , father of journalist Glenn Blake , was detained at Heathrow . Greenwald published news of secret NSA surveillance programs in the Guardian . UK prides itself on the rights of individuals and free press , writes Blake . Is such a system right for the UK with a deeply rooted tradition of good governance and democratic values compared to other like-minded western countries that have press self-regulatory bodies , underpinned by statute , and rank higher than the UK in press freedom indexes ? If you silence the media , you silence informed citizens , she says .
Robert Blake , father of journalist Glenn Blake , was detained at Heathrow . Greenwald published news of secret NSA surveillance programs in the Guardian . UK prides itself on the rights of individuals and free press , writes Blake . If you silence the media , you silence informed citizens , she says .