Lack of trust is hurting tech companies bottom lines, that's very bad for them, it also makes a very strong motive for change; i think the influence of these guys is the only credible factor that can bring about a policy change in this area - that's because most of the public's apathy.

Change is not going to come from legislation; Republicans are all for strengthening of law and order, most reps for the Democrats will not challenge the official line; a secret court will also not challenge the issue, am I Missing anything here?

I think it is amazing that the administration is apparently ignoring the push, given that these companies are big campaign contributors. How can this be? If even big campaign contributors are given a cold shoulder then this might mean that the President is not inclined to budge, to put it mildly;

BTW; it seems CISCO and IBM were not present at the party, despite significant losses; how can this be ? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/445c67ce-4cb1-11e3-958f-00144...