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Even if they knew about the program, they couldn't have said anything because of the gag order part of the National Security Letter they were handed.


But then they wouldn't come forward as fast as they did to boast that their companies are sparking clean... That's lying.


They realize the instant most people around the world realize storing stuff on "the cloud" is equivalent to forwarding a copy to the CIA, their business is SOL internationally.

Imagine if I was sending copies of everything (emails, internet uploads, photos, videos, skype recordings, aws server snapshots) to China's Ministry of State Security... I'd have the FBI at my doorstep in no time.




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