Posted on 09/11/2014 9:05:06 PM PDT by upchuck
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yahoo said Thursday the government threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance by surrendering online information, a step the company regarded as unconstitutional.
The outlines of Yahoo's secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance emerged when a federal judge ordered the unsealing of some material about Yahoo's court challenge.
In a statement, Yahoo said the government amended a law to demand user information from online services, prompting a challenge in 2007 during the George W. Bush administration.
"Our challenge, and a later appeal in the case, did not succeed," Yahoo general counsel Ron Bell said in a statement.
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Looks like Yahoo is the only one that fought this, too.
This is why you need Ron Paul, even if you don’t like him, to throw a monkey wrench in the machinery that is slowly eroding freedom.
My ideal dream ticket, would be a Sessions-Paul ticket. Not gonna happen, but I can hope.
Are you on drugs? Nevermind.
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.
BIG_AL_CAPONE_WOULD_BE_PROUD_PING!
I wonder if CEO Marissa Mayer has lost her adoration for Odunga over these threats? Yeah right, silly me.
WHO GAVE THE ORDER TO MAKE THE THREAT? That individual needs to have a little "accident".
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