[bowlofpetunias]

Google has full unencrypted access to all private data from their users (because collating that data is the foundation of their core business) and the NSA has the power to lean on Google to provide them full access.

Not to mention that at the very heart of the NSA spying story is the allegation that Google e.a. provides access to said data willingly. And the only denial from both parties has been a mixture of partial admission ("but we're using proper procedure") and carefully crafted lawyer-speak (the infamous "no direct access" boilerplate denials).

This is just internal security enhancements being abused as a PR exercise. Google is trying use the latest revelations about the NSA to deflect attention away from it's own complicity.