What the article is purporting is a bit mis-leading. According to the redacted opinion released by EFF's FOIA lawsuit - the context of the law is irrelevant to

What the article is purporting is a bit mis-leading. According to the redacted opinion released by EFF's FOIA lawsuit - the context of the law is irrelevant to its interpretation in this specific circumstance. So it refuses to provide context for decisions. Still, that does seems to ascribe the FISC an air of infallibility.