Google is a very low-profile, high-importance contractor for the US Federal government, specifically for the intelligence agencies. It's kind of startling how l

Google is a very low-profile, high-importance contractor for the US Federal government, specifically for the intelligence agencies. It's kind of startling how little even HN readers know about this. https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e#.kt5bx6y4x https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-goo... https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/why-google-made-the-nsa-2a80584c9c1#.myjhiliw1 https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/why-google-made-the-... https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ I find it very difficult to believe that US Federal Contracts have not swayed their levels of cooperation at the highest level.