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Security Request Totals  Microsoft and Google don't often agree,
but when it comes to getting government permission to publish
totals on how many requests for data it sees from the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), they are finding common
ground.  "Disclosure of the aggregate data would not plausibly
jeopardize the secrecy of any particular FISA or FAA directive
that Microsoft may have received," Microsoft said in a court
filing.  Google made a similar request last week. Federal
authorities, with the approval of FISC, have the right to ask
for use data from tech companies under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, or FISA. But the court has ruled that
companies must keep silent about the requests.  Playing the
First Amendment Card  Microsof