> MS, working with the FBI, developed a surveillance capability to deal with the new SSL. These solutions were successfully tested and went live 12 Dec 2012.
And there it is. They claim ignorance to NSA data tapping of their servers but are in fact entirely complicit as we suspected.
They worked with the FBI not the NSA. Plausible denial and all that.
They can help implement PRISM for the government without being told what PRISM is. When asked if they are participating in PRISM, they can deny knowledge of it existing. Because it's technically true.
It's not at all contradicted by the document. The document references Section 702 of the FISA Amendment Act, and the Stored Communications Act. Section 702 allows targeted access to non-U.S. persons and Section 2703 of the Stored Communications Act allows the government to compel disclosure of stored communications with a warrant, or notice to the customer plus a subpoena or court order. 18 U.S.C. 2703(b)(1).
Nothing about the document suggests blanket or direct access.
Wording is probably important: "blanket or direct access" Seems it would lack foresight if MS denied something that they new would be uncovered in the leaked documents.
And there it is. They claim ignorance to NSA data tapping of their servers but are in fact entirely complicit as we suspected.