> They'd made it clear the story could and would be reported from anywhere. And the only response these GCHQ goons could come up with was to smash a Macbook? W

> They'd made it clear the story could and would be reported from anywhere. And the only response these GCHQ goons could come up with was to smash a Macbook? When "the family" sends around Big Tony with a baseball bat to express their displeasure at an overheard disparaging remark from the restaurant owner regarding their operations on the sidewalk outside that his cctv recently picked up, do you think he's going to have the intelligence necessary to understand when he smashes the surveillance system that doesn't imply the evidence is actually gone? The only difference in this scenario is that because it's a government actor people credit them with a surfeit of sense and a deficit of malice so try to make them understand the futility of their actions, whereas everyone already accepts such actions are useless vis a vis big tony and the family. Consider this a frame correction; The state is actually much more foolish, malicious and incompetent than you think.