They have a lot to lose if they keep quiet -- customers, credibility, future business, etc.<p>What are the powers of NSL, can they be given to any entity &#x2F; person &#x2F; company for any reason at all and also gag them from discussion getting the NSL? What are the penalties for a company breaking the NSL silence? Jailing the CEO? NSA sending it would also reveal quite a lot and jeopardise their future operations, it seems they&#x27;d want to have plausable deniability of some sort.