I wonder, if an organization had access to the set of all emails sent through a link that crossed the U.S. border, how much information that organization could

I wonder, if an organization had access to the set of all emails sent through a link that crossed the U.S. border, how much information that organization could collect about the children of all federal judges. I also wonder how hard it is to credibly demonstrate that you can persuade the FBI and local law enforcement not to investigate a missing person case. I also wonder if an organization has multiple members are willing to prolong the existence of a disease such as polio in order to fulfill their duty--would they also be willing to threaten to kidnap only a single innocent person in order to protect an asset they believe is critically necessary to keep 300 million people safe? If hypothetically there was such an organization, each member would be faced with something of a prisoners dilemma: Do I defect and go to the media, or do I stay silent? Given that going to the media means at best that you doubt if you really did the right thing now that you are in Russia and can no longer see your home, friends and family and at worst that you end up in solitary confinement for the rest of your life, I am curious how large such an organization would have to be before the chance of one member defecting rose above 5% a year. I also wonder how many people would need access to credible proof of such a pattern of action.