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What Happens When You Defy a Secret Government Order?
Google revealed on Wednesday that it responds to secret government requests for data by using file transfer protocol (FTP) and sometimes by simply handing a hard drive to investigators. What would happen, though, if Google or other companies flatly refused to comply with a secret government order?
They would be held in contempt secretly, pay secret fines, and executives might even serve secret jail time. A party that defies any federal court, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, is held in contempt. The secretive nature of the
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What Happens When You Defy a Secret Government Order?
SLATE POLITICS | THU, JUN 13
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Google revealed on Wednesday that it responds to secret government requests for data by using file transfer protocol (FTP) and sometimes by simply han... Read more
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