Google to Petition FISA Court To Release Security Requests

Google statement released nearly one hour ago:

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We have long pushed for transparency so users can better understand the extent to which governments request their data—and Google was the first company to release numbers for National Security Letters. However, greater transparency is needed, so today we have petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow us to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures, separately. Lumping national security requests together with criminal requests—as some companies have been permitted to do—would be a backward step for our users.

The San Jose Mercury news links to the court document here. This statement follows another made on June 11 where Google asks the FBI to allow them to release the number of requests they've received.