Correspondence Between the NSA and Google Leaked
Al Jazeera is reporting on leaked emails (not leaked by Snowden, but by someone else) detailing close ties between the NSA and Google. There are no smoking guns in the correspondence—and the Al Jazeera article makes more of the e-mails than I think is there—but it does show a closer relationship than either side has admitted to before.
EDITED TO ADD (5/7): The correspondence was not leaked. It was obtained via a FOIA request.
Wiffle • May 7, 2014 7:13 AM
Remember that this is before the Snowden disclosures. This is when everyone thought Alexander had the best interests of everyone in mind for security. Alexander has a very likeable personality and before the Snowden disclosures began, there was little reason to distrust him. He’s very genuine in his passion to want to make us safer, but as the saying goes…. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.