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20-08-2013
So the innocent have nothing to fear? After David Miranda we now know where this leads
The destructive power of state snooping is on display for all to see. The press must not yield to this intimidation: Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, Tuesday 20 August 2013
You've had your fun: now we want the stuff back. With these words the British government embarked on the most bizarre act of state censorship of the internet age. In a Guardian basement, officials from GCHQ gazed with satisfaction on a pile of mangled hard drives like so many book burners sent by the Spanish Inquisition.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/20/innocent-fear-david-miranda