[sampsonjs]

'Yonatan Zunger, the chief architect of Google+, wrote in a Google+ post today that: "I can tell you that the only way in which Google reveals information about users are when we receive lawful, specific orders about individuals -- things like search warrants."'

From the court order: "We add, moreover, that there is a high degree of probability that requiring a warrant wound hinder the government's ability to collect time-sensitive information and, thus, would impede the vital national security interests that are at stake." Cough

[justinschuh]

I think you've misunderstood what you read. Under US law an FAA order carries the same compliance burden as a warrant. And, just like a warrant, the party served can push back on an overly broad or unjustified order. So, there's nothing untrue or even remotely misleading in the statement that "the only way in which Google reveals information about users are when we receive lawful, specific orders about individuals -- things like search warrants."

[lawnchair_larry]

You should read the second half of his paste. Maybe disclose bias too.

[justinschuh]

Did you read the surrounding context of that quote in the original document? This comment implies you did not.

[mpyne]

We all have bias. Is he wrong or not is the question.

[prawks]

"things like search warrants", where "things" may be, for example, a FISA order.