Las Vegas Sun

April 26, 2024

This Dec. 4, 2012, file photo shows Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger in London. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization.

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This Dec. 4, 2012, file photo shows Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger in London. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization.