When the US intelligence community issues a warrant/national security letter, it’s sent to the company’s general counsel. The general counsel often doesn’t sha

When the US intelligence community issues a warrant/national security letter, it’s sent to the company’s general counsel. The general counsel often doesn’t share its existence with other executives, in order to allow them to honestly say “we’ve never executed a search warrant on behalf of an intelligence agency.” This is why privacy reports reports from big companies are so important. They imply, but don’t assure, that CEOs are actually asking “have we received any warrants” instead of remaining blissfully ignorant. My source on this was an interview I saw with a general counsel at at FAANG. She used it as an example of information she kept from the CEO in order to prevent her from lying to investors- and thereby getting in trouble with the SEC. I’m not certain if this applies to VPNs and ISPs in the same way.