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Why does AT&T, Google, Microsoft, et all get a pass on billing for their work, probably with similar expedition fees on a very similar schedule (probably sugges
by ssmoot 12y ago
Why does AT&T, Google, Microsoft, et all get a pass on billing for their work, probably with similar expedition fees on a very similar schedule (probably suggested by his lawyer after all), but Levinson doesn't?
If the government wants to make me work, to be their mole, should I not be compensated for it? And shouldn't the expectations of that work be clearly defined?
This seems like business/compliance 101 stuff, the easiest detail to rationalize away, and gets a lot more ink than it deserves.
- akerl_ 12y agoThe primary issue wasn't the monetary requirement, it was the other riders on how the data was to be collected and provided to the DoJ. They would have had to trust that they were getting the data they'd requested, and that Levison wasn't altering it or excluding some of it. I apologize for not being clear in my earlier comment: if he'd just asked for the monetary compensation, I expect he would have gotten it.