[chadwickthebold]

They could get attempt to fight the court orders in a court more open than the FISC? I'm not sure how this could practically be accomplished, but it would be a good first step towards protecting the rights of users, instead of blindly complying with court orders that Google would hopefully have some moral problems with. I always find it so fascinating that tech giants will lobby for increased access to their services worldwide, but not more secure services here at home.

[tptacek]

No they can't. They can fight the court order in FISC, but once the FISC process resolves, they will be required by law to honor the terms of the court order; they could then fight in other courts --- as I understand them to be doing to some extent --- but that would be a post-facto effort.