Wednesday, June 12, 2013

GOOGLE - Their View on NSA Surveillance Program

"Google Asks Approval to Offer More Transparency About Role in PRISM Program" PBS Newshour 6/11/2013

Excerpt

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  And we return to the surveillance programs and the questions surrounding them.  Beyond the government itself, there are many concerns about the role of companies like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo!

Today, Google sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the FBI, saying it wants to be allowed to be more transparent about the government's requests for data -- quote -- "in terms of both the number we receive and their scope."

Within hours, Facebook and Microsoft issued similar statements and requests of the government as well.

Jeffrey Brown spoke with Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, from Amsterdam this afternoon.  It was Google's first U.S. broadcast interview since the news broke.

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