The government would most certainly be benefiting from such cooperation. I would imagine that the data so provided would save the government from doing much inv

The government would most certainly be benefiting from such cooperation. I would imagine that the data so provided would save the government from doing much investigation. This is a clear demonstrable benefit. If the data is not acquirable by other means, then the cost of acquisition is infinite and the benefit is as well. Of course, this depends on the definition benefit much like Nixon's definition of legality.