Steve Sweeney, the Lebanon bureau chief of RT, was briefly detained at London Heathrow Airport by British counterterrorism officers. They questioned him about his alleged links to Russian officials and his feelings toward Britain. Sweeney claimed the interrogation, which lasted about four hours, focused on his work for RT and his relationships with Hezbollah. He expressed concern over the political climate in the UK and stated he now feels like a ‘dissident living in exile.’