Google Actively Aiding Intelligence Agencies?

Ars Technica by Nate Anderson | Oct. 30, 2006 (News Report)

Former intelligence officer Robert David Steele recently appeared on the Alex Jones show to make the provocative claim that Google is currently cooperating with secret elements in the US government, including the CIA.

Steele, who now runs OSS.net and is a proponent of open source intelligence, said that "Google has made a very important strategic mistake in dealing with the secret elements of the U.S. government—that is a huge mistake and I'm ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Oct 30, 2006 - 4:23 PM PST
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Does a good job of reporting allegations that Google works with Intelligence services without sensationalizing too much. The article does not provide highly credible sources, but the author clearly doesn't have much to work off of.

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