How Microsoft put pressure on Ireland in US drugs case
Microsoft said Ireland needed to show ‘digital leadership ’ by backing firm in US Supreme Court
Secret documents have revealed that US computing giant Microsoft piled pressure on Ireland in a landmark case over access to emails at the centre of a drug-trafficking probe.
The drug case saw Microsoft face off with the US government over demands that the tech superpower give access to emails at the centre of the investigation which are stored in Ireland.
In private emails seen by this newspaper, Microsoft strongly criticises the government’s previous ...
