The Guardian newspaper forced by UK government to destroy Snowden material

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The Guardian forced by UK government to destroy Snowden material

Any suggestions what they may have been told to destroy ! 


In a column published on Tuesday, editor Alan Rusbridger said he had received a call from a government official a month ago who told him: "You've had your fun. Now we want the stuff back." The paper had been threatened with legal action if it did not comply.

Later, two "security experts" from the secretive Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had visited the paper's London offices and watched as computer hard drives containing Snowden material were reduced to mangled bits of metal.

Rusbridger said the "bizarre" episode and the detention at London's Heathrow airport on Sunday of the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald showed press freedom was under threat in Britain.

The nine-hour detention under an anti-terrorism law of David Miranda, Greenwald's Brazilian partner, has caused a furore with Brazil, British opposition politicians, human rights lawyers and press freedom watchdogs among those denouncing it.

http://en.mercopress.com/2013/08/20/the-guardian-forced-by-uk-government-to-destroy-snowden-material