[ianstallings]

It's not misleading. It's quite literally their stated opinion: http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/google...

This was to let the courts know how they felt on the matter, even though they aren't directly involved.

[pekk]

Exactly whose stated opinion? That is the problem. DoJ and "the White House" are not exactly the same thing.

[ianstallings]

That's why I linked the brief - Donald Verrilli Jr. is Solicitor General of the US, an Obama appointee.