>> While not confirmed, there are reports that Obama has reached out to Verizon for consultation. Why Verizon?
The crowd that was responsible for the Cloud piece is part of Verizon. Maybe there are good reasons to escalate. Contractual reasons maybe? Even the most assertive interpretations are speculation at this stage.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
