Have you ever been in the cross hairs of the USG? They don't take being told "no" very well and this is from a former US state worker. I have seen a state agency ask "nicely" and when met with resistance they become very Borg like. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Now the fertilizer hits the ventilator - or, through a PRISM darkly Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 01:39:59 +0000
Considering the fallout if they deny this, and it turns out to be true (both due to litigation, and customers fleeing their services), I’d be inclined to think that they wouldn’t willy-nilly issue untrue denials. Given how many companies are involved, and how many people would need to know (technical people, legal people, senior execs), I just don’t see how you could keep this all covered up for a significant amount of time. Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Now the fertilizer hits the ventilator - or, through a PRISM darkly That's my operating theory. On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: Considering the fallout if they admit to allowing this type of thing to be done I would guess not them (Microsoft et. al.). Jon > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Now the fertilizer hits the ventilator - or, through > a PRISM darkly > Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 01:04:08 +0000 > > Microsoft, Google and Facebook have already issued denials. I seriously > wonder who's telling the truth :-| > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013 10:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Now the fertilizer hits the ventilator - or, through a > PRISM darkly > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_print.html > > Kurt > >
