> Google had no knowledge of NSA's physical compromise of their data centers.
Are we sure about that?
Are we sure about that?
Did Google know or not? Did Google participate or not?
"Google is racing to encrypt the torrents of information that flow among its data centers around the world in a bid to thwart snooping by the NSA and the intelligence agencies of foreign governments, company officials said Friday."
The phrase has that smell when used by the person denying. If an action or inaction is taken to preserve plausible deniability, it is smelly.
But when used by an observer after the fact, it just means that we have no way to know they knew, unless there is proof. So if they say they didn't know, it is a believable statement.