On Dec 26, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:02:18 +0200, Juha-Matti Laurio said:
Guardster Team has posted its response on 21st Dec to Cryptome:
"We can assure you that we do not cooperate with the NSA or any other
government agency anywhere in the world. We invite whomever is
making this
statement to provide proof, rather than making a baseless accusation.
Note that if they had been served with an NSL (National Security
Letter),
they may be legally *required* to lie about it while cooperating.
Actually
truthfully saying "Yeah, an NSL showed up and we complied" could
land them
in jail....
not exactly true, i think. the gag order on recipients of a NSL has
never required lying, just
saying nothing (which is bad enough, given the historical lack of
recipient access to judicial
review).
i would personally be more suspicious of the providers who had no
comment
than the ones who made unequivocal denials.
the gag feature is in court at the moment (with a ruling against the
govt's position
from as recently as september) according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter
