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Re:The PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsof... by munificent on Friday July 19, 2013 @10:26AM (#6070343)
> What would be the likely result if Larry Page made a blog post detailing all the information they are petitioning the government to allow revealing, and then went directly to the media with the same information?

He would go to jail. And then, instead of being a powerful executive in a strong position to push the government to do the right thing, he would be powerless.

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Re:The PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsof... by cubalibre on Friday July 19, 2013 @10:36AM (#6070421)
Do you have any evidence, other than this PR letter, that he's pushing the government to do the right thing? Was he doing this before Edward Snowden leaked?
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