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Google: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger: Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said European-based company representatives of Microsoft and Google didn't have information on the tracking program and open questions remain about the broader issue of intelligence access to user data, according to CBC. German ministers already are pressing Washington for information following public disclosures by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of two NSA programs, which collected millions of telephone records and track foreign Internet activity on U.S. networks and German ministers questioned major internet companies on Friday about U.S. tracking of web activity, days before a visit to Berlin by President Barack Obama. Facebook sent a reply to a series of questions and Apple didn't participate in the meeting. 10 whistleblowers and the scandals they spurred (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.