Now On Video: GCHQ Destroying Laptop Full of Snowden Disclosures 237
An anonymous reader writes "On Saturday 20 July 2013, in the basement of the Guardian's office in Kings Cross, London, watched by two GCHQ technicians, Guardian editors destroyed hard drives and memory cards on which encrypted files leaked by Edward Snowden had been stored. This is the first time footage of the event has been released."
Wasn't this a movie? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, wait... I think it was books they were burning in the movie... Or people... Maybe both...
Re:No more bombshells? (Score:5, Funny)
Not from that particular copy of the data.
Re:What about the copies? (Score:5, Funny)
Nope, through computum entanglement, destroying the south bridge of the PC which had held the hard drive also destroyed all the copies.
Quantum mechanics is a bit too complex for us peons, just trust the govt on this one.
Re:Wasn't this a movie? (Score:5, Funny)
Nobody expects the Spanish Godwin.
Something isn't adding up... (Score:5, Funny)
I viewed the video and I read the related article... and it says here:
A small team of trusted senior reporters examined Snowden's files in a secure fourth-floor room in the Guardian's King's Cross office. The material was kept on four laptops. None had ever been connected to the internet or any other network. There were numerous other security measures, including round-the-clock guards, multiple passwords, and a ban on electronics.
Okay, 4 laptops are fine. So why does the video show a desktop keyboard? And why is there a completely destroyed ATX desktop motherboard shown there?
This was done to protect the Guardian as well (Score:3, Funny)
I think the Guardian guy is being deliberately vague, since they now have evidence that they destroyed all of their copies.
They are now only going to report on the information that others are leaking.
It is PR for GCHQ and the Government, i.e. don't hold documents you know you shouldn't cos we'll smash your shit up.
It is part of the legal defence of the Guardian, "We aren't distributing this information, but are now free to report the information that others have released to the public"
By the way IANAL, it just seems like common sense to me.