Admittedly a guess at part of his motivation for saying this follows: Google is a target to get sued in patent disputes or when the Justice Department needs to

Admittedly a guess at part of his motivation for saying this follows: Google is a target to get sued in patent disputes or when the Justice Department needs to score some points. It's less risky to every business when you can talk about things in meetings and nothing borderline-illegal is ever written down. Then, at your congressional hearing or deposition, you can say "I don't recall" or "that never happened" without risk of a smoking gun being produced that risks some perjury charge, fines, etc.