[chc]

I think lawdawg is saying there's no reasonable way they can deny participating in a massive spying program without somebody saying it sounds dodgy.

And it is kind of true: "We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers" is the clearest construction I can imagine for denying involvement, but they get called out for it anyway.

[mikeash]

That's only because the facts suggest that they are involved. It is very hard to state an obvious lie without sounding dodgy. That's hardly our fault.