Google gives no comment on Assange's statement on ties with US government

World November 28, 2014, 10:31

A TASS correspondent requested to comment on the new revelations published in WikiLeaks founder's book expected to be out on December 1

LOS ANGELES, November 28. /TASS/. Google gave no comment concerning Julian Assange's accusations of the company's cooperation with the US State Department. A TASS correspondent requested to comment on the new revelations published in WikiLeaks founder's book expected to be out on December 1.

The Spanish Publico.es web edition earlier published several qoutes from Assange's book. According to the edition, Assange arrived at the conclusion that Google works for the US government after meeting Google president Eric Schmidt and board member Jared Cohen in 2011 becaise Washington's diplomatic envoys were attending.

According to the edition, Assange also states that Google provides FBI and CIA with unfettered access to users' correspondence, and such access can be obtained without the prosecutor's approval or a court ruling.

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