When technology companies sued the government to release details about intelligence requests, the Obama administration compromised, supporting a settlement that allows for more detailed reporting. Under this agreement, companies have the option of publishing figures on data requests by intelligence agencies in ranges of 250 or 1,000, depending on the degree of disaggregation of the types of orders.
上述隐私保护要求带来了情报机构阴暗世界里某些前所未有的进步。奥巴马政府在科技公司状告政府披露情报要求细节时做出了妥协，通过和解方案允许透露进一步的报告。照此协议，企业有权公开情报机构索取资料的次数（250到1，000次），具体情况取决于命令类型的解聚程度。