Apple rubberstamped Trump's request to secretly scoop up data on two members of Congress

The Steve Jobs Theater at Apple's Apple Park headquarters. | Dieter Bohn / The Verge The New York Times is reporting on a new wrinkle in the story of how the Trump administration's Department of Justice used Big Tech to spy on two members of the House Intelligence Committee in an attempt to track down leaks to the press -- namely, that Apple didn't fight it, perhaps never had a chance to fight it, because the company rubberstamped the request.