I also don&#x27;t understand what is surprising here or why do they think there is some &quot;conflict&quot; in this case.
Companies can comply with laws and regulations while being against them in principle this is how most politics works.
Companies may also find that some &quot;surveillance&quot; laws benefit them as they might allow them to gain protection against attacks by foreign state actors or organized crime as well as some protection against liability for cooperating with the US government which they have to do so anyhow.
So yeah the whole proving a negative part is kinda silly, but so is the entire premise. Microsoft, Google, Facebook can work on thwarting surveillance while having to continue to cooperate with the US government and while still be in need of it&#x27;s protection and knowledge to thwart attacks against their own corporate resources and interests, or in short politics.
And yes the criticism of Greenwald for saying, yes most likely US spies care about national security and do their job rather than attempt instituting some shadow government on the behest of shape shifting lizard aliens is also pretty stupid.