FINANCIAL TIMES: …The search company on Tuesday petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which issues the surveillance orders, claiming a first amendment right to disclose the total number of cases it is drawn into in any one year.
The legal motion marks the most forceful attempt yet by a US internet company to rebuff reports that it has been involved in widespread surveillance operations under an NSA programme known as Prism. If successful, it would become the first to be able to reveal the extent of its involvement in Prism, which has caused widespread unease outside the US
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“Google’s reputation and business has been harmed by the false or misleading reports in the media, and Google’s users are concerned by the allegations,” the company said in its petition to the court… (more)
