So the innocent have nothing to fear? After David Miranda we now know where this leads http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/89594-so-the-innocent-have-nothing-to-fear-after-david-miranda-we-now-know-where-this-leads 'You've had your fun: now we want the stuff back. With these words the British government embarked on the most bizarre act of state censorship of the internet age. In a Guardian basement, officials from GCHQ gazed with satisfaction on a pile of mangled hard drives like so many book burners sent by the Spanish Inquisition. They were unmoved by the fact that copies of the drives were lodged round the globe. They wanted their symbolic auto-da-fe. Had the Guardian refused this ritual they said they would have obtained a search and destroy order from a compliant British court.' Read more: So the innocent have nothing to fear? After David Miranda we now know where this leads Sent by gReader