WaPo: The secret gag orders must stop

WaPo: The secret gag orders must stop by Brad Smith, President of Microsoft (“The past seven days marked another bad week for the collision between technology and democracy. We live in an era when private emails and text messages typically are backed up and stored in the cloud by tech companies. When it comes to cybersecurity, the cloud bolsters protection. But now we’ve learned that the Trump Justice Department exploited this feature as part of a secret effort to obtain emails in investigations of the media and Congress, two institutions where transparency is essential. The government cannot justify secrecy in such probes.”)