Google, Microsoft Prepare for Showdown Over NSA Spying The Hill (08/31/13) Sasso, Brendan Google and Microsoft are teaming up for a legal battle with the Obama administration over the right to disclose more information about how the National Security Agency is spying on their users. The companies argue that publishing aggregated statistics about the scope of the surveillance would not threaten national security and that they have a right under the First Amendment to discuss the information. While the companies and the government have negotiated for several weeks, the case is now moving to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which handles national security surveillance issues. "With the failure of our recent negotiations, we will move forward with litigation in the hope that the courts will uphold our right to speak more freely," says Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith. The companies think they should be allowed to reveal how often they turn over statistics about user communication trends.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 02:31:07 +0000
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