Seems like a case of imbalanced consequences. If a company doesn't properly comply with a request, the company and some of its workers could quite possibly fac

Seems like a case of imbalanced consequences. If a company doesn't properly comply with a request, the company and some of its workers could quite possibly face criminal consequences. If the FBI's request is eventually found out to be invalid, very little of consequence will happen to the Bureau and even less to the employees. Unfortunately, this imbalance isn't unique to the FBI or even law enforcement. Even most government regulatory agencies seem to enjoy a presumption of acting in good faith which gets the agency, and even more crucially the employees, out of trouble when they overstep.