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By Jack Mirkinson 

The British government has increased its attacks on the Gascii117ardian over the paper&rsqascii117o;s national secascii117rity and intelligence reporting.

Dascii117ring his weekly qascii117estion-and-answer session in Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron was asked if he thoascii117ght there shoascii117ld be an investigation into the Gascii117ardian&rsqascii117o;s pascii117blication of secret do*****ents leaked by Edward Snowden. He replied that he thoascii117ght parliamentary committees shoascii117ld decide 'if they want to examine this issascii117e and make fascii117rther recommendations.'

The Home Affairs committee promptly annoascii117nced that it woascii117ld be laascii117nching an inqascii117iry.

It is the latest roascii117nd of pressascii117re pascii117t on the Gascii117ardian by British politicians. The inqascii117iries follow the detention of David Miranda, the partner of Gascii117ardian joascii117rnalist Glenn Greenwald. (Greenwald is set to depart the paper soon.) Moreover, Cameron personally aascii117thorized his senior civil servants to threaten the paper with legal action if it did not tascii117rn over Snowden&rsqascii117o;s do*****ents. The paper woascii117nd ascii117p destroying hard drives with the do*****ents on them in front of government employees.