Re: Google ordered to hand private customer data over to FBI investigators

[Bruce Ediger <bediger () stratigery com>]

On Sat, 1 Jun 2013, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> http://m.guardiannews.com/technology/2013/jun/01/google-ordered-hand-over-data-fbi
>
> A US judge has ordered Google to comply with FBI secret demands for
> customer data, despite earlier ruling the warrantless orders
> unconstitutional.

Does anybody else find this sort of thing fishy?

I mean, I immediately jump to thinking, "So, they got to her.  I wonder
what facts they used to convince her to change her mind?  Were those
facts picked up the the Stellar Wind dragnet?"

If you google for "Jane Harman Alberto Gonzales" you find a lot of
what looks like very informed speculation that at least once in a
while, the Executive Branch blackmails Congress members.
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