Files seized from a Guardian journalist's partner contain details that could risk intelligence officers' lives, a senior cabinet adviser says.
Deputy national security adviser Oliver Robbins said one file seized from David Miranda included 58,000 "highly classified UK intelligence documents".
Mr Miranda, who denies this, was held for nine hours at Heathrow Airport under anti-terror laws on 18 August.
The details appear in a statement prepared for a High Court hearing.
Mr Miranda's partner Glenn Greenwald has worked with US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on stories about US and UK surveillance programmes.
He plans to argue at a judicial review in October that his detention was a misuse of powers granted under anti-terrorism laws.
Earlier, High Court judges had been expected to consider an injunction but before it got under way Mr Miranda's lawyers said he and other parties had been in talks and reached an agreement that would allow police to carry on examining the material seized at the airport.
'Sweeping assessment'In the court statement, Mr Robbins also alleged that the material carried by Mr Miranda was "highly likely to describe techniques crucial in life saving counter-terrorist operations".
He added that intelligence staff were identifiable in the information, posing a danger to them in the UK and overseas.
"In a variety of circumstances this danger includes a risk to life, both to intelligence officers and their families and recruitment attempts or threats to their safety by hostile intelligence services or terrorist groups," he added.
The statement also alleged that Mr Miranda was "couriering" this material to Glenn Greenwald in Brazil.
Outside the court, representatives for Mr Miranda said the government's assessment was "sweeping and vague", and the assertions were "unfounded".
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