The terrorists apparently would win if Google told you the exact number of times the US Federal Bureau of Investigation invoked a secret process to extract data about the media giant's customers.
That's why it is unlawful for any record-keeper to disclose it has received a so-called National Security Letter. But under a deal brokered with the President Barack Obama administration, Google on 5 March published a "range" of times it received National Security Letters demanding it divulge account information to the authorities without warrants.
By: David Kravets, Edited by: David Cornish
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/06/fbi-spying-on-google
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