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Federal court shields Google/NSA partnership from public scrutiny

The U.S. Court of Appeals from D.C. ruled that interchanges between Google and the National Security Agency on cybersecurity and encryption are not part of the public record. The Electronic Privacy Information Center used a Freedom of Information Act request to seek the records following a cyber attack against Google in 2012. -db From The Blog of Legal Times, May 11, 2012, by Mike Scarcella. Full story

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Federal Communication Commission outdoes CIA in secrecy

Data showing  responses to federal Freedom of Information Act requests indicate that the Federal Communications Commission is the most secretive government agency, even outdoing the Central Intelligence Agency. The FCC is rejecting FOIA requests at the rate of 48 percent dwarfing all other government agencies. The CIA by contrast rejects requests at the rate of 0.7 percent. -db From The Daily Caller, March 21, 2012, by Josh Peterson. Full story    

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Opinion: Security chief denies domestic spying but evidence contradicts

National Security Agency chief General Keith Alexander denied in a House subcommittee hearing that his agency spied on Americans without a court order. That denial runs counter to statements by former NSA employees who worked on the agency’s domestic spying infrastructure says James Bamford in a commentary in Wired. From a commentary in Wired, March 21, 2012, by James Bamford. Full story  

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Justice Department wants to cloak partnership between Google and National Security Agency

The Justice Department has asked a federal district court to allow the government to refuse to discuss or even to acknowledge the existence of any cooperation between Google and the National Security Agency. The Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing under  the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents with details of the relationship. -db From The National Law Journal, March 13, 2012, by Mike Scarcella. Full story  

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