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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
SA Mathieson

Minister helps destroys the national identity register

ID register shredded: Damian Green holding hard drive
Immigration minister Damian Green holds one of the hard drives holding the national identity register. Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: Damian Green hands over hard drive
Immigration minister Damian Green hands over one of the hard drives containing the national identity register Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: ID register hard drives
A member of staff at RDC scans in one of the hard drives to be destroyed Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: Shredding machine
The shredding machine used to destroy hard drives used for the national identity register. Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: Inside shredding machine
Inside the shredding machine Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: Damian Green and shredding machine
Green about to put identity register hard drive into shredding machine. Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
ID register shredded: Damian Green shreds ID register drive
Green puts one of the hard drives into the running shredder. Photograph: SA Mathieson/Guardian
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