Yes, the impression the article wants you to have is that those people are top (or at least important) execs at both google and the government who are able to m

Yes, the impression the article wants you to have is that those people are top (or at least important) execs at both google and the government who are able to make decisions that benefit one or the other or themselves. The reality, if you dig into the data, is that the vast majority are not.