To communicate that the people on the inside of Google who are making these protestations are grossly uninformed about the Google-Maven relationship.
Choose to believe me or not. My background is all out there for people to see.
When it comes to life-or-death questions, we should make informed decisions. "Just trust me" fundamentally lacks any valuable information that furthers the discussion. In addition, "just trust me" also endangers less clear thinking people to sway based on emotion instead of well-founded cold hard facts.
The reality of Defense/Intelligence is that you do have to just trust some of us.
The reality of being a citizen of the US is that the intel community doesn't make it easy to do so.
Your background isn't nearly as useful as the facts. You're the one who started this thread, but it's completely unsubstantiated. If people aren't going to believe Sundar Pichai (CEO) without evidence, why should anyone believe you?