Public Has a Right to See Prince Charles’ Letters, Says Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger

Alan Rusbridger, the editor-in-chief of the Guardian, discusses the government's attempts to block publication of letters the Prince of Wales wrote to ministers. Rusbridger says the public has a right to know what was in the letters, as it appears Charles attempted to influence policy. Three senior judges ruled that Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, acted unlawfully when he blocked the publication of the letters

Red-herring 'Inquisition': Guardian Editor Defends Snowden Leaks to MPs

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger strongly defended his newspaper's publication of the Snowden leaks in response to a hostile grilling by a UK parliamentary committee Tuesday, as MPs attempted to show that national security was breached.

Guardian Journalists Could Face Criminal Charges Over Edward Snowden Leaks

Alan Rusbridger, Editor of 'The Guardian'

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Journalists at The Guardian newspaper are being investigated by anti-terror police over their roles in the Edward Snowden leaks, a senior policewoman confirms

Employees of The Guardian newspaper could face criminal charges over their role in publishing secrets leaked by Edward Snowden, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has signalled.

Cressida Dick, an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, confirmed for the first time that detectives were examining whether staff at the newspaper had committed an offence.

She also told MPs that her officers are looking at potential breaches of a specific anti-terrorism law which makes it unlawful to communicate information about British intelligence agents. The offence carries up to 10 years’ imprisonment. » | David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent | Tuesday, November 02, 2013

Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger to Be Questioned by MPs over NSA Leaks

Alan Rusbridger, Editor of 'The Guardian'

THE GUARDIAN: Rusbridger to appear before home affairs select committee after claims that revelations were damaging national security

The editor of the Guardian is to be questioned by MPs about his newspaper's publication of intelligence files leaked by the American whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Alan Rusbridger is to appear before the House of Commons home affairs select committee next month following warnings from British security chiefs that the revelations were damaging national security.

"Alan has been invited to give evidence to the home affairs select committee and looks forward to appearing next month," a Guardian spokeswoman said.

The heads MI6, MI5 and GCHQ claim terrorist groups are changing their operations as a result of the leaks.

The exposure of surveillance methods had left al-Qaida "rubbing their hands with glee", the MI6 chief, Sir John Sawers, said when the trio made an unprecedented public appearance together before another parliamentary committee. » | Press Association | Saturday, November 09, 2013

Free Press? Editor Laments 'Retrogressive' Government Action

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: The Guardian has played a key role in exposing the intelligence agency excesses revealed in documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden. Editor Alan Rusbridger discusses his work and the mounting pressure by the British government to silence the leaks. » | Interview By Christoph Scheuermann | Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Janet Daley: It's Left-wing Prats Who Are Defending Our Freedoms

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The visit by national security agents to smash up computers at the Guardian newspaper is shocking, like something out of East Germany in the 1970s

A few weeks ago, a British national newspaper was visited by a detachment of national security agents who demanded that its computers and hard drives be destroyed. The security men then stood over its staff while they smashed their equipment to pieces. In the peace-time history of a free country, this incident is about as shocking as it gets. And yet, a remarkable consensus has grown up, including – I’m sorry to say – many on my side of the political fence, to the effect that this is no big deal.

The reasons that this scene – which looks, on the face of it, like something out of East Germany in the 1970s – is apparently perfectly acceptable seem to be: a) the data in the computers was a threat to the national security of this country and to that of our American allies; b) this information was stolen from the US government and published illegally by people who are narcissistic/eccentric/of dubious political judgment, and c) the newspaper in question was the Guardian, which is full of annoying Left-wing prats. Let’s consider these points in order of importance.

Taking a hammer to the hardware in the Guardian’s basement will make scarcely any difference to the dissemination of this data since duplicates reside in other locations around the globe. So presiding over the physical destruction of the newspaper’s property could only constitute a form of rather theatrical intimidation.

The official excuse for getting rid of the equipment – even though the data was known to exist elsewhere – was that the paper’s system might be insecure, so obliterating it meant that at least one source of potential leaks was eliminated. This would be far more credible if the National Security Agency (whose mass surveillance programme had been exposed) was as diligent in carrying out its prescribed function as it is in vindictively pursuing anyone who reports its unconstitutional activities to the world. Read on and comment » | Janet Daley | Saturday, August 24, 2013

My comment:

Guardianistas are defending our freedoms. Perhaps they don't call it The Guardian for nothing then.

PS: Excellent article by Janet Daley. – © Mark

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Druck auf den "Guardian": Cameron soll Schikanen angeordnet haben

21.08.2013 - Unter Aufsicht des britischen Geheimdienstes mussten die NSA-Enthüller ihr Recherchematerial zerstören. Das berichtet der "Guardian"-Chefredakteur. Der britische Premierminister soll angeordnet haben, die Redaktion unter Druck zu setzen.

Government Threats to Journos 'Signalling Rise of Fascism' - WikiLeaks

The Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger said that UK authorities raided the paper's London office to destroy hard drives in a bid to stop further damaging publications. He also said that intelligence officials from the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had told him that he had the option of handing over all the classified documents or seeing the newspaper's hard drives destroyed. For more RT talks to WikiLeaks spokesperson, Kristinn Hrafnsson.

Alan Rusbridger of The Guardian: I Would Rather Destroy the Copied Files Than Hand Them Back to the NSA and GCHQ

The Guardian's editor reveals why and how the newspaper destroyed computer hard drives containing copies of some of the secret files leaked by Edward Snowden. The decision was taken after a threat of legal action by the British government, that could have stopped the reporting on the extent of American and British state surveillance revealed by the document