[ NNSquad ] Apparent verification that Google is pushing hard to be allowed more transparency by the government re FISA, etc.

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Apparent verification that Google is pushing hard to be allowed more
transparency by the government re FISA, etc.:

"Open Secret About Google's Surveillance Case No Longer Secret"

http://j.mp/143mosa  (WSJ)

   "The Justice Department recently won a court battle to keep an Internet
    company from talking about federal demands for user data, arguing that
    even disclosing the company's name would damage national security.'
    But then, after months of arguments, the department appears to have
    been foiled by its own redaction process, which left the name "Google"
    on one page that was posted Friday in the U.S. District Court for the
    Southern District of New York.  The case and Google's role in it
    underscore a tension between some Silicon Valley companies and the
    government over national security surveillance and the secrecy
    surrounding it.  Google has been pushing back against data-gathering
    tools called national security letters in two federal courts since
    this spring."
 
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--Lauren--
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