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   SAN FRANCISCO –  Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared   
   winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with   
   U.S. spy demands for data.   
      
   Her comments came after being asked what she is doing to protect   
   Yahoo users from "tyrannical government" during an on-stage   
   interview Wednesday afternoon at a TechCrunch Disrupt conference   
   in San Francisco.   
      
   Mayer said Yahoo scrutinizes and fights U.S. government data   
   requests stamped with the authority of a Foreign Intelligence   
   Surveillance Court, but when the company loses battles it must   
   do as directed or risk being branded a traitor.   
      
   Data requests authorized by the court come with an order barring   
   anyone at the company receiving the request from disclosing   
   anything about them, even their existence.   
      
   "If you don't comply, it is treason," Mayer said when asked why   
   she couldn't just spill details of requests by U.S. spy agencies   
   for information about Yahoo users.   
      
   "We can't talk about it because it is classified," she   
   continued. "Releasing classified information is treason, and you   
   are incarcerated. In terms of protecting our users, it makes   
   more sense to work within the system."   
      
   Yahoo, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are among Internet firms   
   pushing for permission to disclose more details to users about   
   demands for data made in the name of fighting terrorism or other   
   threats.   
      
   Technology titans have been eager to bolster the trust of its   
   users by making it clearer what has actually been demanded by   
   and disclosed to U.S. authorities.   
      
   "It is our government's job to protect all of us and also   
   protect our freedoms and protect the economy and protect   
   companies," said Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg   
   said at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday.   
      
   "Frankly, I think the government blew it."   
      
   U.S. intelligence officials declassified documents Tuesday   
   revealing the National Security Agency violated privacy rules   
   for three years when it sifted through phone records of   
   Americans with no suspected links to terrorists.   
      
   The revelations raised fresh questions about the NSA's ability   
   to manage the massive amount of data it collects and whether the   
   U.S. government is able to safeguard the privacy of its citizens.   
      
   The government was forced to disclose the documents by a judge's   
   order after a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the   
   Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit group promoting   
   digital privacy rights and free speech.   
      
   The foundation called the release of the documents a "victory"   
   for transparency but intelligence officials said the papers   
   illustrated how the spy service had made unintentional   
   "mistakes" that were rectified under strict judicial oversight.   
      
   The release came after the scale of NSA spying was exposed in a   
   series of bombshell media leaks in recent months by former U.S.   
   intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has been granted   
   temporary asylum in Russia.   
      
   Documents divulged by Snowden have shown the NSA conducts a   
   massive electronic dragnet, including trawling through phone   
   records and online traffic, that has sometimes flouted privacy   
   laws.   
      
   The declassified documents released on Tuesday shed light on   
   friction between the NSA and the court, with judges castigating   
   the agency for failing to abide by their orders and   
   misrepresenting the nature of their data collection.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/09/12/yahoo-ceo-fears-defying-   
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