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Now On Video: GCHQ Destroying Laptop Full of Snowden Disclosures

Posted by timothy on from the ask-not-what-your-country-can-destroy-for-you dept.

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."

3 of 237 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No more bombshells? by viperidaenz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not from that particular copy of the data.

  2. Re:Wasn't this a movie? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody expects the Spanish Godwin.

  3. Something isn't adding up... by sixshot · · 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?