Apple greenlit Trump request for lawmakers' data, suggests order slid under radar

Apple was unaware that a Trump administration request for data included information linked to two congressmen, something it says would have been "virtually impossible" to understand without first parsing user accounts.

An explosive New York Times report on Thursday revealed former President Donald Trump's Justice Department leveraged Big Tech to snoop on members of the House Intelligence Committee and their staff in a bid to ferret out leaks. New revelations reveal how the exercise was accomplished with little pushback from some of the companies involved.In a follow-up report on Friday, The Times offers specifics on Apple, Google and Microsoft's respective roles in Trump's plan.

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