Comment by orblivion
12 years ago
Here's an argument: assuming the worst suspicions, Google and the others are complicit in PRISM, so they deserve our scrutiny here. If this one were dumped at the same time, since Google was blindsided by this, people might forget to scrutinize Google for a while.
There's a difference between assuming the worst, and having evidence on your desk that refutes your own assumptions.
Don't forget the difference between possessing mountains of documents and having the right documents on your desk.
In what way were previous disclosures refuted? PRISM and MUSCULAR aren't mutually exclusive.