Identity area
Reference code
GUA/12/5/1/5
Title
Macbook Pro (destroyed)
Date(s)
- 2012 (Creation)
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Item
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11 object(s)
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MacBook Pro Model A1398, used by journalists preparing stories based on the Edward Snowden data. Part of a collection of objects that contained copies of some of the secret National Security Agency (NSA) files leaked by Edward Snowden and destroyed on the instructions of GCHQ. The computers were destroyed using a variety of power tools at Kings Place on 20 July 2013 by a Guardian senior editor and Guardian computer expert, watched by GCHQ technicians.
Production place: Unknown
Materials: Plastic; Aluminium; metal
Colour: Silver; Black
Condition: Good
Completeness: Complete
Creator: Apple
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Researcher access to objects is at the discretion of the archivists, and dependant on condition and current location.
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