'Sending a message': what the US and UK are attempting to do | Glenn Greenwald

State-loyal journalists seem to believe in a duty to politely submit to bullying tactics from political officials

Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger on Monday night disclosed the remarkable news that UK authorities, several weeks ago, threatened the Guardian UK with prior restraint if they did not destroy all of their materials provided by Edward Snowden, and then sent agents to the basement of the paper's offices to oversee the physical destruction of hard drives. The Guardian has more...