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by discostrings 4659 days ago
The "direct access" that the NSA has to Google accounts probably requires sending a request for some set of information to Google. It likely needs to be signed off on (even if it's all automated). I'd imagine the NSA would like to hide some activities, especially corporate espionage, even from the watchers at Google--it reduces the risk of anyone at Google growing a spine.