I don't think so. Those usually sound like, "We cannot confirm or deny the existence of such a program," or "It is not our policy to comment on nat

I don't think so. Those usually sound like, "We cannot confirm or deny the existence of such a program," or "It is not our policy to comment on national security topics" or "No comment." or even "We'll wait for the results of the investigation." I don't think the government generally asks civilians to lie so enthusiastically, because . . . well, as a rule, they just aren't good at it. No, I think it's most likely that Page doesn't know of any such program. Now, it's always possible that such a thing is being carried out on the scale everyone fears by a rogue, loyal-to-the-NSA employee, or a group of them. Or it's possible the original Powerpoint slide including Google as an information source is oversimplified or even inaccurate. Such things do happen when presenting overviews of program capabilities. And many other things in between are possible. It's concerning, but . . . I'll wait for the results of the investigation. ;)