Posted on 06/12/2013 8:37:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Stung by criticism of their role in newly revealed government surveillance programs, Google (GOOG) and other leading Internet companies responded Tuesday by calling on federal authorities to let them tell the public more about the National Security Agency's secret efforts to gather data on Internet users.
The new response from Google, Facebook and Microsoft came as a coalition of civil liberties groups urged Congress to conduct a broad investigation of the government's data-gathering, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging a separate surveillance program involving phone records and a poll showed that Americans are sharply divided over whether such surveillance is justified.
Being required to keep government requests secret is helping fuel speculation that Google is giving the government "unfettered access to our users' data," complained David Drummond, the company's chief legal officer, in a blog post. He added that news reports to that effect "are simply untrue."
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
again what has he given away?
He stole, he’s a thief. He’s a criminal. “Giving away” what you stole doesn’t absolve you of the crime.
exactly what did he steal then?
come on you keep defending this spying and ignoring how obama is doing this so instead of repeating talking points how about specifics?
Why not pull your head out of your posterior?
Edward Snowden speaks: NSA contractor who leaked details of ...
... The 29-year-old hiding out in Hong Kong after he stole secret data and fled U.S. ... claims he passed the classified information that blew open a number of intense surveillance operations to the media because he doesn't ... Snowden copied the final set of documents he intended to disclose ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338534/Edward-Snowden-speaks-NSA-contractor-leaked-details-surveillance-scheme-reveals-himself.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 .
so you have no facts then, just repeating talking points.
I’ve just checked your past posting and boy you still can’t understand anything what is happening even though others have told you too
First the companies all say “It isn’t happening” and now it’s “We’d like to tell you what’s happening but we can’t.”
And they wonder why don’t trust any of the lying bastards.
It is obvious that you have a limited IQ. The facts are posted in the linked article. I'm not about to hold your hand and walk you through it.
You’re talking about the work product from spy craft. What makes you think we’ll ever know what he “stole?” To argue that because an average Joe on FR can’t tell you exactly what it was means a theft or leak did not occur is specious at best.
no facts then, in all of this you have not said one negative about obama, speaks volumes about you
What an amazing coincidence... they all came out with the same thing, all on the same day. The White Hut must of gotten their subservient data providers on a conference call and instructed them on how to manage their public relations on this issue.
More proof in my mind that these companies are all in bed with Obama.
Obama is a criminal and you are an ignoramus. You post just like a liberal.
I post like a liberal, LOL and yet you think it’s alright to spy on us all
YCMIU
You also lie like one.
in your view
Agree and I wonder what back room deals are to come?.
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