> But no NSA program ever involved secret cooperation from Apple or Google
This isn't true. PRISM collection involved demands to internet companies ordered by secret courts under section 702 of FISA. XKeyScore involved secret cooperation from telcos.
I invite you to review some of the documents curated by the Washington Post in response to the Snowden disclosures.
Your argument seems like it's just parroting the DNI's factsheet, which is known to whitewash the programs involved (and is even more charitable to the program than the DNI's own factsheet).
> But no NSA program ever involved secret cooperation from Apple or Google
This isn't true. PRISM collection involved demands to internet companies ordered by secret courts under section 702 of FISA. XKeyScore involved secret cooperation from telcos.
I invite you to review some of the documents curated by the Washington Post in response to the Snowden disclosures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism...
Your argument seems like it's just parroting the DNI's factsheet, which is known to whitewash the programs involved (and is even more charitable to the program than the DNI's own factsheet).