Put yourself in their shoes. These companies stand to lose tens or perhaps hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign sales if there isn’t a counter-narrative to “well of course they spy for their national military, just look at these Snowden slides”. Making it seem like they are fighting for their customers at odds with the FBI is a perfect counterpoint.
Meanwhile, it’s business as usual for US military intelligence, as evidenced by TFA. Excellent reporting!
Put yourself in their shoes. These companies stand to lose tens or perhaps hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign sales if there isn’t a counter-narrative to “well of course they spy for their national military, just look at these Snowden slides”. Making it seem like they are fighting for their customers at odds with the FBI is a perfect counterpoint.
Meanwhile, it’s business as usual for US military intelligence, as evidenced by TFA. Excellent reporting!