Privacy Watchdog Presses Court On NSA/Google Partnership Spy agency will âneither confirm nor denyâ existence of relationship January 5, 2012 The privacy watchdog group EPIC has urged a court of appeals to disclose more information regarding the widely publicized close working relationship between the National Security Agency and Google. EPIC, short for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has filed an opening brief, challenging the NSAâs response to the groupâs Freedom of Information Act request for details on the cybersecurity agreement that the search engine giant shares with the spy agency. The story hit headlines a year ago in January 2010 following a highly sophisticated and targeted cyber attack on the corporate infrastructure of Google and some twenty other large US companies. The attack was blamed on the Chinese government, prompting Google to embrace a collaboration with the federal agency in charge of global electronic surveillance. Anonymous sources informed the Washington Post at the time that âthe alliance is being designed to allow the two organizations to share critical informationâ, adding that the agreement will not allow the NSA access to usersâ search details or e-mails. http://www.infowars.com/privacy-watchdog-presses-court-on-nsagoogle-partnership/