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> Never forget the Guardian smashed its copies of the Snowden files on the instruction of MI6.

Wow. I actually did 'forget' this. Actually I don't think I ever heard of it. I see lots of articles about The Guardian being under pressure, but haven't found one confirming they actually "smashed" them. I haven't been looking that long, so would welcome any pointers.

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GCHQ sent men with angle grinders to destroy any computer, hard drive, or chip that had touched those files.

This prompted the Guardian to move it's head office to New York - leaving the UK after 195 years.

A better illustration of the UK freedom of the press could not be devised. /s

Interestingly the Guardian article notes they specifically destroyed particular chips, like the keyboard drivers...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-relea...

Thanks for replying.. I didn't realize that all actually happened. Scary stuff.

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