davesean

The "fuck you"s were directed at interceptions under executive order 12333 which as the second to last paragraph makes clear was not a subject of discussion.

PRISM and UPSTREAM featured in the same slide which would explain them being discussed together, but UPSTREAM isn't subject to tech firms' whims so the discussion might have been concerning telecom firms as well.

The reporting isn't clear, best read the transcript when available.

No one denied complying with 702 orders. The main contention about PRISM isn't that the entities receiving data requests knew that they were receiving these requests, the main contention was/is about the "direct access" allegations which is what these companies actually denied, that and knowing the government codename for the program.

Bad reporting.