NSA Spying "OUTRAGEOUS" says Google's Schmidt

And it happened on your watch Barack -- YOU are responsible --

Google's Schmidt: NSA Spying on Data Centers Is 'Outrageous'

Wall Street Journal (blog)
HONG KONG—Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt slammed reports that the U.S. government allegedly spied on the company's data centers, describing such an act as "outrageous" and potentially illegal if proven. "It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true. The steps that the organization was willing to do without good judgment to pursue its mission and potentially violate people's privacy, it's not OK," Mr. Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. "The Snowden revelations have assisted us in understanding that it's perfectly possible that there are more revelations to come." Mr. Schmidt said Google had registered complaints with the NSA, as well as President Barack Obama and members of the U.S. Congress.... (read more at link above)

Wall Street Journal (blog)

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Bloomberg
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ZDNet
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Daily Mail

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CNET
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Telegraph.co.uk

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PC Magazine
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NDTV

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GTspirit

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Indiatimes.com
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Indiatimes.com

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ZDNet
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CNET
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