WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government

[TheIrishman]

WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/25/wikileaks-google-staff-emails-us-government

<< Search giant gave FBI emails and digital data belonging to three staffers. WikiLeaks told last month of warrants which were served in March 2012. >>

[Jocuserious]

Didn't Wikileaks already suggest that Google was beholden to the government months ago?

Is this a formality demand?

[TheIrishman]

WikiLeaks threatens legal action against Google and US after email revelations

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/26/wikileaks-threatens-legal-action-google-us-government

<< WikiLeaks is fighting back in an escalating war with both Google and the US government, threatening legal action the day after demanding answers for the tech giant's wholesale handover of its staffers' Gmail contents to US law enforcement.

The targets of the investigation were not notified until two and a half years after secret search warrants were issued and served by the FBI, legal representatives for WikiLeaks said in a press conference on Monday.

"We're looking at legal action not only with Google but to those who actually turned in the order", said Baltasar Garzón, the head of Julian Assange's legal defence team. Calling the order illegal and arbitrary, Garzón said insisted "any information that would be used from the taking of documents [this way] will be considered as biased, illegal and will cancel the whole proceedings".

"I'm not sure what craziness – what desperation – went into the US to make them behave this way, but this is… a clear violation of rights", Garzón said. >>

[wunkbone]

This is somewhat of a concern. Wikileaks staffers appear to be targeted in investigations for the sold reasons that they are employed by a certain entity that happens to be controversial.
I would personally not go after google for this but rather go after the judges who signed the warrants

[rosh]

Corporations generally accede to requests from the government.
Few would prefer antagonizing the government over privacy concerns.