# Claim 320

Rusbridger described Guardian staff destroying hard drives with power drills while intelligence officials watched.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Rusbridger described Guardian staff destroying hard drives with power drills while intelligence officials watched.
- Field: action
- Value: Rusbridger describes the hard-drive destruction
- About: [incident 2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives)
- Source: 'Guardian' Destroyed Hard Drives With Snowden Documents. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/20/213902174/guardian-destroyed-hard-drives-with-snowden-documents
- Publisher: NPR
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2013-08-20

## Quotation from the source

> it was certainly one of the most bizarre experiences in my journalistic career to have editorial people in a basement with power drills, being looked on by men from spying agencies involved in smashing up computers.

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