[markjaquith]

“the servers” could be read many ways. Doesn't necessarily mean direct access to all their data. Doesn't mean unilateral access as alleged. The slides we have don't give enough detail to allege direct and unilateral access. Especially in light of companies, NSA, NYT sources all denying this.

[einhverfr]

"Directly from" means direct access, "the servers of" means the servers controlled by. That's the only plausible reading. The thing is it doesn't necessarily mean "all of the servers of" however indirect or mediated access would be contrary to the slide's plain language, and if these were mediating servers controlled by the other company that would be quite misleading to the NSA employee audience.