NSA SCANDAL GROWS WORSE FOR INTERNET INDUSTRY

It has been five months since Edward Snowden and NSA operations such as PRISM first splashed across the front pages worldwide.  During this period, the scope of the scandal has only grown through nearly weekly revelations of further NSA transgressions.  While the “golden rule” of scandal management is prompt and full disclosure, the NSA scandal…

Microsoft-Google to Move Forward with NSA Lawsuit (Updated)

Google-Microsoft FISA Petitions As the NSA PRISM controversy broke, Google and Microsoft filed petitions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court challenging gag orders that prevented it from disclosing  the nature of information requested of it and supplied to the NSA.  Around this time, both companies were signatories to a letter (see below) by…