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Re:Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone ... by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @03:37PM (#6992700)
If they get one in the future what happens? Are they allowed to not make this claim next time, which strongly implies that they got one? Open question, is there any US precedent as to what they're allowed to do there?
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Re:Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone ... by IBM on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @04:05PM (#6992838)
If they get one in the future then they drop the statement from their report.

moron4hire seems to believe that they would force them to keep the statement (and thus lie), but I'm going to need a source on that.

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Re:Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone ... by mcintyre1994 on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @04:21PM (#6992909)
That seems like the obvious answer, and I'm inclined to believe it, but it seems like a very strong implication that they did get one if they do that. If they're not allowed to tell, are they allowed to imply this strongly?
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