As they should - it'd be idiotic to take the risk, just in case.
After all, maybe Cameron suddenly decides he dares to try execute on all his authoritarian fantasies after all. It's likely an exceedingly small risk, but it is exactly if that threat becomes real an organization like The Guardian would be the most invaluable.
They are also not just facing legal attempts by the UK government, but the real risk of rogue attempts by the agencies they're exposing.
But I think the chance the UK government would risk uniting the press against themselves by taking steps to actually prevent a known media organization from functioning is tiny.
Even less likely that they'd be able to find a British judge that wouldn't take personal affront to the idea of a government trampling all over the press - you can say a lot about British judges, but they do tend to take great pleasure in restraining the government from taking actions they see as power grabs.
After all, maybe Cameron suddenly decides he dares to try execute on all his authoritarian fantasies after all. It's likely an exceedingly small risk, but it is exactly if that threat becomes real an organization like The Guardian would be the most invaluable.
They are also not just facing legal attempts by the UK government, but the real risk of rogue attempts by the agencies they're exposing.
But I think the chance the UK government would risk uniting the press against themselves by taking steps to actually prevent a known media organization from functioning is tiny.
Even less likely that they'd be able to find a British judge that wouldn't take personal affront to the idea of a government trampling all over the press - you can say a lot about British judges, but they do tend to take great pleasure in restraining the government from taking actions they see as power grabs.