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So wait, if PRISM is merely the process by which NSA et al request data on individual suspects which are then reviewed and fulfilled with human involvement (as the denials by Google etc purport)... why did Yahoo see fit to challenge their involvement?

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Yahoo didn't challenge their involvement in PRISM according to these court documents. They instead challenged FISA orders. PRISM is not mentioned anywhere. The shitty CNET article is conflating the two, but they are not the same.

So no, Yahoo has not contradicted themselves.

Bingo. We've been misled and lied to by every company implicated. We have no reason to trust them. At least Yahoo! is fighting back. Now if only they would remove that damn exclamation mark from their name.

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