back to article Top secret spook court agrees to release 2008 PRISM docs

The secret US court that rules on snooping activities by the country's agencies has granted the Yahoo! motion to reveal its 2008 decision justifying the PRISM project. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said in its order that it has handed over its opinion document and the legal briefs that were submitted by the …

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  1. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge

    What the betting....

    That every page is unreadable due to everything being redacted?

    1. Don Jefe

      Re: What the betting....

      Of course the entire thing will be heavily redacted. Either that or the documents will be outright lies. All the conflicting statements in this mess have proven this whole thing is run on lies and weasel words. Why start telling the truth now.

      1. Tom 35

        Re: What the betting....

        As long as secret gag orders and the secret court still exist I have to assume that there is a new order that tells them to release a few requests that did turn out to relate to crime, and say that's all of it. Don't talk about all the big fishing trips, or direct access to networks...

        Yelling Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, is not working.

    2. Michael Wojcik Silver badge

      Re: What the betting....

      Not everything. They'll leave in the page numbers.

  2. Amorous Cowherder

    "They claim the cyber-snooping wasn't as bad as everyone thinks it was and are hoping that any challenges they made to handing over their customers' data might buff their rather tarnished reputations."

    This more like it, simply trying to shift the blame back to the NSA where it belongs.

  3. davemiles

    'Stop Tempora' Campaign for a Public Inquiry into GCHQ's Tempora

    Both Liberty and Privacy International (who're taking legal action against GCHQ) have tweeted their support for the 'Stop Tempora' campaign - a petition calling for a Public Inquiry into GCHQ's Tempora programme.

    http://www.stoptempora.com

    Hopefully with public debate on this and the PRISM programme the security services can be held to account.

  4. ACx

    Can we stop the childish "!" thing?

    It was funny once. Now it just comes across as a cheap immature way to undermine Yahoo for no good reason. It's pathetic.

    Yahoo seems to be the only big internet business to at least try to oppose the US gov and its henchmen at the NSA. Give them some fecking respect. They have earned it.

    1. Steve Knox
      Trollface

      RE: Can we stop the childish "!" thing?

      You do realize that one of the primary reasons it continues is because of comments like yours, right?

      As for respect, there's a vast gulf between disrespect and piss-taking.

    2. T. F. M. Reader
      WTF?

      @ACx: Can we stop the childish "!" thing?

      What are you on about? This particular item didn't even have any superfluous exclamation marks. You do realize that the official name of the company is, in fact, Yahoo! Inc., don't you? That's including the exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is, e.g., in their SEC filings and in every other serious, important official document.

      Give them some fecking respect. They have earned it.

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    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      We could, but the !tards won't let us.

  5. John G Imrie

    Translation

    "Numerous documents are now in the public domain. As a result, there is no longer a compelling government interest in stopping those of us with knowledge from sharing more information, especially when this information is likely to help allay public concerns," Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith wrote.

    The public now hold us in equal contempt with politicians and bankers and are no longer buying our stuff. If you want us to be able to spy on them for you in the future you better cut us some slack and publish something that makes it look like we where not at fault.

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