[asdkl234890]

My order of likelihood is #1. This is a canary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary

[DrStalker]

Do agencies like the NSA/FBI/etc have the power to make a company publicly lie against their will?

[joshAg]

if you count lies of omission, yes. you can be required as part of an ongoing investigation or court case to not talk about it. The legal term is "gag order".

[danielweber]

If you are ordered not to communicate something, you are ordered not to communicate it. Doing a "I'm not not telling you something, ha ha" might work on the playground, but not in real life.

[DrStalker]

I meant can the NSA force you to keep publishing "we have not worked with the NSA" when you have worked with them.