This was very clearly politically motivated to hamper the efforts of CAGE; a UK based group which lobbies of behalf of young Muslim men who have been detained without charge it gitmo, harassed by the security services etc.
Regardless of whether readers like CAGE's politics (which are considered inflammatory by the government), this raises a worrying precedent.
It's also worth noting that given the UK's recent authoritarian laws, he got off lightly --- this could easily have been spun to possessing encrypted data (while being unwilling or unable to decrypt upon command), which carries a two year sentence, IIRC five if the magic word "terrorism" is conjured.
This was very clearly politically motivated to hamper the efforts of CAGE; a UK based group which lobbies of behalf of young Muslim men who have been detained without charge it gitmo, harassed by the security services etc.
Regardless of whether readers like CAGE's politics (which are considered inflammatory by the government), this raises a worrying precedent.
It's also worth noting that given the UK's recent authoritarian laws, he got off lightly --- this could easily have been spun to possessing encrypted data (while being unwilling or unable to decrypt upon command), which carries a two year sentence, IIRC five if the magic word "terrorism" is conjured.