[GOPJ]

Unfortunately, the NSA has made it difficult or even impossible for companies to comment on precisely what the NSA requires of them. Clearly these gag orders makes backdoor denials at least somewhat suspicious.

Understatement of the year!

Hard to believe Apple's denial - - only a fool would trust NSA's willingness to tell the truth.

Birth pangs of a police state.

[Standing Wolf]

Birth pangs of a police state.

Hmmm! It seems to me we're looking at the throes of adolescence, not birth pangs.