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An official told the Guardian it had had its fun and the government now wanted the material back.

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

Statement: An official told the Guardian it had had its fun and the government now wanted the material back.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Official tells Guardian to hand back material
About: incident 2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives
Source: 'Guardian' Destroyed Hard Drives With Snowden Documents archived copy
Publisher: NPR
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-08-20

Quotation from the source

You've had your fun. Now we want the stuff back.