Snowden leak: Microsoft added Outlook.com backdoor for Feds

NSA praises Redmond for ‘collaborative teamwork’

Ian Thomson The Register [UK] 11th July 2013

There are red faces in Redmond after Edward Snowden released a new batch of documents from the NSA’s Special Source Operations (SSO) division covering Microsoft’s involvement in allowing backdoor access to its software to the NSA and others.

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US must fix secret FISA courts, says top judge who granted surveillance orders

James Robertson breaks ranks and says he was shocked to hear of changes to allow broader authorisation of NSA programs

Dan Roberts The Guardian [UK] 9 July 2013

A former federal judge who granted government surveillance requests has broken ranks to criticise the system of secret courts as unfit for purpose in the wake of […]

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