"One U.S. security official told Reuters that one of the main purposes of the British government's detention and questioning of Miranda" [note: using a clear ab

"One U.S. security official told Reuters that one of the main purposes of the British government's detention and questioning of Miranda" [note: using a clear abuse of a terrorism law] "was to send a message to recipients of Snowden's materials, including the Guardian, that the British government was serious about trying to shut down the leaks." http://ca.news.yahoo.com/britain-forced-guardian-destroy-copy-snowden-material-222933670.html http://ca.news.yahoo.com/britain-forced-guardian-destroy-cop... It should be obvious to all of us how futile it is to destroy those hard drives if the goal is merely to limit exposure. We may reasonably assume this is just as obvious to people making decisions in those intelligence agencies, which ought to give you a big clue about the real intent of actions like these.