And the argument that disclosing the "number of requests made" should be a state secret is...? Oh right, it would expose the plenitude of the misbehavior by our government.
I wonder what would happen if they published a list of all their users who are not currently under surveillance, or gave them a nice little icon. I feel like somebody tried this before, but my Google searches are coming up empty.
Will Musk release all of his dirty laundry dealing with our enemies?
Thanks for trying, X.
It seems wrong to prevent reporting not just of the particulars of the surveillance but on the scale of it as well. It hides important perspective from the voters more than it protects national security. Or perhaps it's an attempt to protect the security apparatus from the voters.