Google's Chairman Calls NSA Snooping Potentially Illegal
And outrageous
HONG KONG— Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt slammed reports that the U.S. government allegedly spied on the company's data centers, describing such an act as "outrageous" and potentially illegal if proven.
"It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true. The steps that the organization was willing to do without good judgment to pursue its mission and potentially violate people's privacy, it's not OK," Mr. Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal in an interview. "The Snowden revelations have assisted us in understanding that it's perfectly possible that there are more revelations to come."
Mr. Schmidt said Google had registered complaints with the NSA, as well as President Barack Obama and members of the U.S. Congress.
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Well, the only thing I can say, Eric is if you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
Schmidt isn't merely a damn liar, he's one of the God-damned lyin'est liars who ever did lie. This assclown is definitely running for political office sooner or later.