> definitely You are dealing in absolutes. Let me put is way. In dictatorship non-free spy hungry US the cost of making a request to a private company for a go

> definitely You are dealing in absolutes. Let me put is way. In dictatorship non-free spy hungry US the cost of making a request to a private company for a government official is much much higher than the same request in for example China. Because of checks and balances and more or less working elections and free press and now the free internet. When request is harder to make, the government makes fewer requests, that’s it.