[jstarfish]

Careful, that logic cuts both ways-- you're inadvertently arguing that 702 isn't really doing much of anything. So there's no harm in continuing it, right?

It's about Intelligence, not Evidence. Intelligence (like anonymous tips) is what you use to find the Evidence, which is what you reference in the affidavit. Much Intelligence is speculative and/or bullshit and wastes everybody's time. Publishing Intelligence tips off associates of the adversary and betrays what you know and what your capabilities are, and possibly who you learned it from.

[hypothesis]

> you're inadvertently arguing that 702 isn't really doing much of anything. So there's no harm in continuing it, right?

One would assume that a useless programs should be discontinued, simply because it’s not free to continue them.