Guardian "walked back the 'direct access' claim made in Greenwald’s original article"

[Monkie]

39. of course you are right in what you say, especially about non-tech writers

im sorry i didnt realise you actually understood the difference between FTP and SFTP, nobody with any sense would use FTP, the report i read on the subject mentioned them using SCP to transfer the data.
it does look like non-tech writers were involved. i must admit, and no shame in that from my pov, that i did not see or realise the original was also rewritten, from what i had read so far on the guardian the quote is that google claims that it is not direct access, this is not the same, in my view, as saying that it is not true. in cases involving companies and governments who dont want to reveal issues it is often the case that one has to parse semantic games to get to the heart of the matter.
i think its worthwhile noting that the UK has some of the strictest libel laws in the world, but i have no idea if that was a consideration in this case.
i dont mind repeating that i cant disagree with your post at all, even if i dont quite see what the big issue is here.