[anigbrowl]

Except that they'd have to do so in court, and the NSA would have the option of filing an amicus curiae brief saying 'oh no we didn't.'

[namank]

Except that companies would want to negotiate, lets say, a contract to include a gray area clause that serves as an incentive for the companies to keep doing this.

Once this thing becomes legal, companies have grounds to organize this as a trade with the NSA. The funny (maybe scary is the right word?) part is that they can legally lie about this because it's with the NSA.

[anigbrowl]

Wildly implausible.

[namank]

I find it to be the direct consequence of institutionalization.

[anigbrowl]

We will continue to differ about this. I consider public institutions to be more responsive than you do, so I suppose we are looking at it from quite different perspectives.

[namank]

It's not about responsiveness as much as it is about self-interest and bureaucratic thinking that is inherent in all institutions.

[anigbrowl]

That neither contradicts my point nor validates your earlier assertion. This conversation isn't going anywhere so I'm abandoning it now.