This reads like such a propaganda piece I really don't know what to say. Apart from the fact that the article seems to obscure the fact of if companies actuall

This reads like such a propaganda piece I really don't know what to say. Apart from the fact that the article seems to obscure the fact of if companies actually know about the counter-terrorism operations (they somehow say people suspect it). It also creates this myth of "democratic oversight" and we all know how much that's worth since Snowden. Also it constructs as if Google is in such a special position here. I mean the vulnerability could be caught by anyone theoretically. Also what is a counter-terrorism operation, monitoring some environmental protestors, what about political activists (of any colour), or does it only count if it's Islamic terrorists? And then there's the whole "putting soldiers lives at risk" which gets repeated every time this comes up. As if we should accept every violation of privacy/human rights, because it saves soldiers lives. They are soldiers, it's their job. Arguably their lives have been put at risk by sending them on the mission.