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> Since we know that lying is (by law) part of what corporations are forced to do when addressing questions of "national security", no amount of denies, press r
by jacobparker 13y ago
> Since we know that lying is (by law) part of what corporations are forced to do when addressing questions of "national security", no amount of denies, press releases, public outrage or congressional talk will restore trust.
What law are you referring to? The FISA gag orders do not mandate lying.
- gonvaled 13y agoCorporations have been denying participation for years because acknowledging being part of the program was a crime.
- jacobparker 13y agoWhat law are you talking about? Google has hardly been denying participation with NSL gag orders; they've been pretty vocal about it. What they aren't legally allowed to do is to disclose details about them or inform the subjects of them. They publish aggregate numbers of the non-secret ones here, by the way: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US/ http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US...
- gonvaled 13y agohttp://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/06/google-wants-come-clean-about-fisa/66135/ http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/06/google-wan... "The FISA requests don't already show up in Google's regular transparency reports because they are top secret, according to the law. So now Google wants to tell the world exactly how much they cooperate with the U.S. government." So now that a whistle blower has tell us all about it, they want to come clean. Of course we know that there is now a "FOSA" program, which is the new top-secret program, which nobody will tell you about, until a whistle blower tells us about it - in 13 years. That I call lying.
- ctdonath 13y agoSometimes lack of response is quite telling. Sometimes telling garners severe consequences. That doesn't leave alternatives. "Honey, are you cheating on me?"